"Empire" by Integration: The United States and European Integration, 1945-1997 / Edition 1

by Geir Lundestad

Overview

"Empire" by Integration is the first comprehensive survey of American policy towards European integration from 1945 to the present. Lundestad argues that, unlike other Great Powers, the US strongly supported the integration of the most important area under its influence: Western Europe. Taking a clear, chronological approach to the subject, this study tells its tale in full—from the beginnings of European integration after World War II, the challenge to American policy on European integration by Charles de Gaulle, and the modified support for European integration in the Nixon-Kissinger years up through the present-day revived support for European integration under the Clinton administration. Lundestad thus provides a succinct, provocative, and highly readable account of this crucial aspect of American-Western European relations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198782117
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/21/1998
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	210
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 5.40(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	1530L (what's this?)

About the Author

Geir Lundestad is Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute and Professor of International History at the University of Oslo. His numerous publications include The American "Empire" and other Studies of US Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective (1990), The Fall of Great Powers, Peace, Stability, and Legitimacy (1994), and East, West, North, South: Major Developments in International Politics 1945-1996 (1997).
Books by the same author

Table of Contents

1. Introduction and Basic Arguments2. The Public American Position, 1945-19973. The Motives for America's Support of European Integration4. The United States and the Beginnings of European Integration, 1945-19505. The Atlantic Framework for European Integration, 1950-19606. De Gaulle's Challenge to the Atlantic Framework, 1960-19697. The European Economic Challenge to the Atlantic Framework, 1945-19728. Nixon-Kissinger Reappraisal, 1969-19769. The US and European Integration from Carter to Clinton, 1977-199710. What Difference did US Support Make to European Integration? 11. Why Was There Not More Atlantic Integration? 12. America's "Empire": The Comparative Dimension13. The Past, the Present, and the FutureBibliography; Index

Editorial Reviews

"A concise survey, intelligently executed."—Foreign Affairs

"[A] true gem..it is short, concise, exceptionally well argued and researched, and a model of clarity in its presentation and logic."—The Journal of American History

From the Publisher

Geir Lundestad's "Empire" by Integration should be warmly welcomed by both specialists and general readers, precisely because it provides a concise overview of American foreign policy and European integration, as well as an incisive critical assessment of the major scholarly debates within the field over the last two decades...this book will be of great value in sparking interest in a research field too often dominated by narrow and dull scholarship.
— Political Science Quarterly

James McAllister