European Foreign Policy During the Cold War : Heath, Brandt, Pompidou and the Dream of Political Unity.
Title:
European Foreign Policy During the Cold War : Heath, Brandt, Pompidou and the Dream of Political Unity.
Author:
Mockli, Daniel.
ISBN:
9780857712455
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (487 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I: Towards a European Foreign Policy, 1969-1972 -- 1. New leaders and the relaunch of Europe -- 2. Political cooperation: Operative beginnings and normative debates -- Part II: External Challenges and the Rise of Europe, 1973 -- 3. Facing the Soviet Union: The Nine at the CSCE -- 4. Facing the US: Kissinger's 'Year of Europe' and the reorganisation of the West -- 5. Into the Middle East: The October War, the oil crisis, and Europe's political identity -- Part III: US Discontent, Economic Weakness, and Europe's Decline into Crisis, 1974 -- 6. The Washington Energy Conference: The European front crumbles -- 7. The transatlantic prerogative -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Europe's first attempts at a united foreign policy after 1969 were remarkably successful but by 1974 this brief moment of concord had vanished. Why were the EC countries able to speak with one voice in the early 1970s, what caused European Political Cooperation to plunge into crisis, and what consequences - still felt today - did this have for Europe's role in the world and its relations with the US? This ground-breaking book is the first to analyse this period using previously unavailable archival material and first-hand interviews. _x000D_ European Foreign Policy during the Cold War illuminates the challenge of establishing Europe as an effective political power with brilliant clarity. Filling an important gap in the history of Europe, it covers an issue that is highly topical and controversial today. Filling an important gap in the history of Europe,covering an issue that is highly topical and controversial today._x000D_ _x000D_ 'stimulating…an important addition to our knowledge of the period' Dr. Anne Deighton, Reader in European Politics, University of Oxford_x000D_ 'An outstanding and timely study which covers much new ground' Prof. Dr. Andreas Wenger, Director, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)_x000D_ 'A must-read for anybody interested in the history of European foreign policy' Prof. Dr. Helga Haftendorn (Emeritus), Free University of Berlin_x000D_.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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