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Grand Designs and Visions of Unity

Author : Jeffrey Glen Giauque
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807860174
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Grand Designs and Visions of Unity written by Jeffrey Glen Giauque and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2003-04-03 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1950s, against the unfolding backdrop of the Cold War, American and European leaders began working to reshape Western Europe. They sought to adapt the region to a changing world in which European empires were rapidly disintegrating, Soviet influence was spreading, and the United States could no longer shoulder the entire political and economic burden of the West yet hesitated to share it with Europe. Focusing on the four largest Atlantic powers--Britain, France, Germany, and the United States--Jeffrey Giauque explores these early stages of European integration. Giauque uses evidence from newly opened international archives to show how a mix of cooperation and collaboration shaped efforts to unify postwar Europe. He examines the "grand designs" each country developed to advance its own interests, specific plans for collaboration or accord, and the reactions of the other Atlantic powers to these proposals. Competing national interests not only derailed many otherwise sound plans for European unity, Giauque says, but also influenced such nascent European institutions as the Common Market, the antecedent of today's European Union. Indeed, beyond examining the origins of the European community, this comparative study provides insight into national attitudes and aspirations that continue to shape European and American policies today.

The United States and Western Europe Since 1945

Author : Geir Lundestad
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191647780
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book The United States and Western Europe Since 1945 written by Geir Lundestad and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2005-08-11 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on new and existing research by a world-class scholar, this is the first book in twenty years to examine the dynamics of the entire American-West European relationship since 1945. The relationship between the United States and Western Europe has always been crucial and recent events dictate that it is becoming ever more so. In this important new work, Geir Lundestad analyses the balance between the cooperation and conflict which has characterized this relationship in the post-war period. He examines talk of transatlantic drift, and the strain now apparent between the USA and the nation states of Western Europe. In the concluding section, Lundestad offers a topical view of the future of transatlantic interaction. Throughout the work Lundestad's much cited 'empire by invitation' thesis is both put into practice and extended in time and scope. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in one of the most important and enduring international relationships of the last sixty years.

From common market to European Union building

Author : Michael Gehler
Publisher : Böhlau Verlag Wien
ISBN 13 : 9783205777441
Total Pages : 780 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (774 download)

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Download or read book From common market to European Union building written by Michael Gehler and published by Böhlau Verlag Wien. This book was released on 2009 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Grand Strategy and Military Alliances

Author : Peter R. Mansoor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107136024
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Grand Strategy and Military Alliances written by Peter R. Mansoor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A broad-ranging study of the relationship between alliances and the conduct of grand strategy, examined through historical case studies.

Alan S. Milward and Contemporary European History

Author : Fernando Guirao
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317558324
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Book Synopsis Alan S. Milward and Contemporary European History by : Fernando Guirao

Download or read book Alan S. Milward and Contemporary European History written by Fernando Guirao and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan S. Milward was a renowned historian of contemporary Europe. In addition to his books, as well as articles and chapters in edited books, he also wrote nearly 250 book reviews and review articles, some in French and German, which were published in journals world-wide. Taken together they reveal a remarkable degree of theoretical consistency in his approach to understanding the history of Europe since the French Revolution. This book brings together these previously unexamined pieces of historical analysis in order to trace and shed light on key intellectual debates taking place in the second half of the 20th century. Many of these discussions continue to influence us today, such as the role of Germany in Europe, the economic, social and political foundations of European integration, the European rescue of the nation-state, the reasons for launching the single currency, the conditions for retaining the allegiance of European citizens to the notions of nation and supra-nation, and ultimately the issue of democratic governance in a global environment. In bringing together these reviews and review articles, the book provides an introduction to the main scholarly achievements of Milward, in his own words. Fernando Guirao and Frances M.B. Lynch provide an introduction to the volume, which both guides the reader through many of the academic debates embedded within the text while underlining their contemporary relevance. By introducing and bringing together this hitherto overlooked treasure trove of historical analysis, this book maps a close itinerary of some of the most salient intellectual debates of the second half of the 20th century and beyond. This unique volume will be of great interest to scholars of economic history, European history and historiography.

Uncertain Allies

Author : Klaus Larres
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300173199
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Uncertain Allies written by Klaus Larres and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction -- 1. Golden age : years of reconstruction -- 2. Thinking of Europe and beyond : Nixon and Kissinger's priorities -- 3. Special relationships : a journey to a continent in transition -- 4. Living with deficits : economic predicaments -- 5. Downward spiral : monetary turmoil and the end of the old order -- 6 Turning point : the United States and the end of "benign hegemony" -- Conclusion.

Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland und die europäische Einigung 1949-2000

Author : Mareike König
Publisher : Franz Steiner Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783515084659
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (846 download)

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Download or read book Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland und die europäische Einigung 1949-2000 written by Mareike König and published by Franz Steiner Verlag. This book was released on 2004 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seit ihrer Grundung spielt die Bundesrepublik eine wichtige Rolle im historisch einmaligen Prozess der europaischen Einigung. Der Sammelband entwickelt eine moderne historische Perspektive auf die bundesdeutsche Europapolitik unter Berucksichtigung sowohl der handelnden Personlichkeiten als auch der gesellschaftlichen, kulturellen, okonomischen und internationalen Triebkrafte und Wandlungen. Nach einer Einfuhrung in die Trends und Kontroversen der Integrationshistoriographie behandeln 28 Beitrage von Historikern und Politologen die Europapolitik der Bundesregierungen von Adenauer bis zur Gegenwart, das Denken und Wirken deutscher Entscheidungstrager in Bonn, Berlin und Brussel sowie das Europabewusstsein ausgewahlter Bundesprasidenten. Im zweiten Teil geht es um gesellschaftliche Krafte und Aspekte wie Mentalitaten, Medien, Industrie und Landwirtschaft. Im dritten und vierten Teil werden Schlusselmomente wichtiger bilateraler Partnerschaften analysiert und die innerdeutschen Sonderbeziehungen von 1949 bis zur deutschen Einheit im Hinblick auf den Integrationsprozess untersucht. Abschliessend wird ein Blick auf die Entwicklung der europaischen Verfassung und das Wechselverhaltnis zwischen nationaler und europaischer Identitat geworfen. "... the collection is undoubtedly one of the most complete and wide-ranging historical examinations of the debates in the Federal Republic during the integration process. Its numerous contributions are both excellent and original." German History "Mareike Konigs und Matthias Schulzes Sammelband ist als eine gelungene Zusammenstellung zentraler ... Aspekte deutscher Europapolitik zu wurdigen. Insbesondere die Darstellung der DDR-Europapolitik gehort zu den Glanzlichtern des Bandes [...] so ist das Buch ein spannender Einstieg in viele geschichtswissenschaftlich relevante Fragen." H-Soz-u-Kult der "... informative Band, der insbesondere als Kompendium zu den europapolitischen Schwerpunkten der deutschen Bundeskanzler Einsatz in Studium und Lehre finden wird." Zeitschrift fur Politikwissenschaft

Why NATO Endures

Author : Wallace J Thies
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521767296
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (217 download)

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Download or read book Why NATO Endures written by Wallace J Thies and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-29 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why NATO Endures examines military alliances and their role in international relations, developing two themes. The first is that the Atlantic Alliance, also known as NATO, has become something very different from virtually all pre-1939 alliances and many contemporary alliances. The members of early alliances frequently feared their allies as much if not more than their enemies, viewing them as temporary accomplices and future rivals. In contrast, NATO members were almost all democracies that encouraged each other to grow stronger. The book's second theme is that NATO, as an alliance of democracies, has developed hidden strengths that have allowed it to endure for roughly 60 years, unlike most other alliances, which often broke apart within a few years. Democracies can and do disagree with one another, but they do not fear each other. They also need the approval of other democracies as they conduct their foreign policies. These traits constitute built-in, self-healing tendencies, which is why NATO endures.

Great Powers and the Quest for Hegemony

Author : Jeremy Black
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134157045
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Great Powers and the Quest for Hegemony written by Jeremy Black and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-10-31 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely book provides a general overview of Great Power politics and world order from 1500 to the present. Jeremy Black provides several historical case-studies, each of which throws light on both the power in question and the international system of the period, and how it had developed from the preceding period. The point of departure for this

The United States, Britain and the Transatlantic Crisis

Author : J. Ellison
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230590942
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The United States, Britain and the Transatlantic Crisis written by J. Ellison and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-09-18 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The greatest threat to Western unity in the 1960s came not from a communist enemy but from an ally: France. De Gaulle challenged the dominance of the US by bringing crises to the EEC and NATO and seeking détente with the Soviet bloc. As this book shows, the US and Britain cooperated successfully to ensure that his plans did not prosper.

The Rise and Decline of the American Century

Author : William O. Walker III
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501726145
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Rise and Decline of the American Century written by William O. Walker III and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1941 the magazine publishing titan Henry R. Luce urged the nation’s leaders to create an American Century. But in the post-World-War-II era proponents of the American Century faced a daunting task. Even so, Luce had articulated an animating idea that, as William O. Walker III skillfully shows in The Rise and Decline of the American Century, would guide United States foreign policy through the years of hot and cold war. The American Century was, Walker argues, the counter-balance to defensive war during World War II and the containment of communism during the Cold War. American policymakers pursued an aggressive agenda to extend U.S. influence around the globe through control of economic markets, reliance on nation-building, and, where necessary, provision of arms to allied forces. This positive program for the expansion of American power, Walker deftly demonstrates, came in for widespread criticism by the late 1950s. A changing world, epitomized by the nonaligned movement, challenged U.S. leadership and denigrated the market democracy at the heart of the ideal of the American Century. Walker analyzes the international crises and monetary troubles that further curtailed the reach of the American Century in the early 1960s and brought it to a halt by the end of that decade. By 1968, it seemed that all the United States had to offer to allies and non-hostile nations was convenient military might, nuclear deterrence, and the uncertainty of détente. Once the dust had fallen on Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidency and Richard M. Nixon had taken office, what remained was, The Rise and Decline of the American Century shows, an adulterated, strategically-based version of Luce’s American Century.

Cold War Europe

Author : Mark Gilbert
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442219866
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Cold War Europe written by Mark Gilbert and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling history of Europe’s Cold War follows the dramatic arc of the conflict that shaped the development of the continent and defined world politics in the second half of the twentieth century. Focusing on European actors and events, Mark Gilbert traces the onset of the Cold War, the process of Stalinization in the Soviet bloc, and the difficulties of legitimation experienced by communist regimes in Hungary, Poland, and East Germany even after Stalin’s death. He also shows how Washington’s leadership and worldview was contested in Western Europe, especially by Great Britain and French president Charles de Gaulle. The book charts the growing weakness of the communist system in Eastern Europe and the economic and moral reasons for the system’s eventual collapse. It highlights the central role of European leaders in the process of détente and in the diplomatic endgame that concluded the Cold War in 1990. Rather than simply a strategic standoff between the superpowers, Gilbert argues, the Cold War was a social and ideological conflict that transformed Europe from Lisbon to Riga. Fast-paced and readable, this political, intellectual, and social history illuminates a conflict that continues to resonate today.

Anglo-French Relations since the Late Eighteenth Century

Author : Glyn Stone
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317997832
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Anglo-French Relations since the Late Eighteenth Century written by Glyn Stone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work, intended to commemorate the centenary of the Entente Cordiale in 2004, examines aspects of Anglo-French relations since the late eighteenth century when both Britain and France were pre-eminent great powers at war with one another through to the post-Second World War period when both had become rival second class powers in the face of American and Soviet dominance. The chapters in this book examine and illuminate the nature of the Anglo-French relationship at certain periods during the last two hundred years, both in peacetime and in war and include political, economic, diplomatic, military and strategic considerations and influences. While the impact of Anglo-French relations is centred essentially on the European context, other areas are also considered including the Middle East, Africa and the North Atlantic. The elements of conflict, rivalry and cooperation in Anglo-French relations are also highlighted whether in peace or war. This book was previously published as a special issue of Diplomacy and Statecraft.

L'Union Européenne, Acteur de la Sécurité Mondiale

Author : Anne Deighton
Publisher : Soleb
ISBN 13 : 2952372667
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (523 download)

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Download or read book L'Union Européenne, Acteur de la Sécurité Mondiale written by Anne Deighton and published by Soleb. This book was released on 2007 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Americanization/Westernization of Austria

Author : GÃ¨unter Bischof
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 076580803X
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (658 download)

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Download or read book The Americanization/Westernization of Austria written by GÃ¨unter Bischof and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political, economic, social, and cultural modernization dramatically transformed twentieth-century Austria. Innovative new methods of production and management, such as the assembly line, changed Austrian business after World War I, much as the Marshall Plan shaped the economy after World War II. At the same time, jazz, Hollywood movies, television programming, and mass commodities were as popular in Austria as elsewhere in Western Europe. Even political campaigns followed American trends. All this occurred despite the fact that in West Germany, American nostrums and models had been rejected, modified, or "translated" into milder versions. Ultimately, Austria was "Western Europeanized" when it joined the European Union in 1995. How Western are the Austrians? This volume analyzes trends toward Americanization and Westernization in Austria throughout the twentieth century. Reinhold Wagnleitner's lead essay studies the foreign politics of American pop culture. Anna Schober and Monika Bernold analyze the influence of Hollywood movies and television on postwar Austrian society. Reinhard Sieder follows changing discourses on family life, while Ingrid Bauer looks at American influences on Austrian women. Maria-Regina Kecht, Kurt Drexel, and Christina Hainzl follow the American impact on Austrian literature, opera, and art. Banker Anton Fink examines American banking and finance practices. Andre Pfoertner and Matthias Fuchs study the Americanization of Austrian business and tourism. Helmut Lackner describes how well-heeled Austrian travelers to the United States brought back innovative American production methods and other ideas gleaned from world expositions before World War I. American influences on Austrian politics and political science are dissected by GÃ¼nter Bischof, Martin Kofler, Fritz Plasser, and Anton Pelinka. The Americanization of Vienna is the subject of journalist Armin Thurnher's essay. Comparisons with West Germany are presented by Michael Hochgeschwender. These essays prove that "Americanization," "Westernization," and "globalization" need to be carefully defined before generalizations can be made.

Clarence Streit and Twentieth-Century American Internationalism

Author : Talbot C. Imlay
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009298984
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Clarence Streit and Twentieth-Century American Internationalism written by Talbot C. Imlay and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-03-31 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the life and influence of Clarence Streit and his Atlantic federal union movement on twentieth-century US foreign relations.

Neoconservative Images of Europe

Author : Philipp Scherzer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110763966
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Neoconservative Images of Europe written by Philipp Scherzer and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-10-24 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While in the last twenty years perceptions of Europe have been subjected to detailed historical scrutiny, American images of the Old World have been almost wantonly neglected. As a response to this scholarly desideratum, this pioneering study analyzes neoconservative images of Europe since the 1970s on the basis of an extensive collection of sources. With fresh insight into the evolution of American images of Europe as well as into the history of U.S. neoconservatism, the book appeals to readers familiar and new to the subject matters alike. The study explores how, beginning in the early 1970s, ideas of the United States as an anti-Europe have permeated neoconservative writing and shaped their self-images and political agitation. The choice of periodization and investigated personnel enables the author to refute popular claims that widespread Euro-critical sentiment in the United Studies during the early 21st century – considerably ignited by neoconservatives – was a distinct post-Cold War phenomenon. Instead, the analysis reveals that the fiery rhetoric in the context of the Iraq War debates was merely the climax of a decade-old development.