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Between Empire and Alliance
America and Europe during the Cold War
Marc Trachtenberg (Anthology Editor) , Francis J. Gavin (Contributor) , Christopher Gehrz (Contributor) , Wolfram Kaiser (Contributor) , Erin Mahan (Contributor) , Paul Pitman (Contributor) ,
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Between Empire and Alliance
America and Europe during the Cold War
Marc Trachtenberg (Anthology Editor) , Francis J. Gavin (Contributor) , Christopher Gehrz (Contributor) , Wolfram Kaiser (Contributor) , Erin Mahan (Contributor) , Paul Pitman (Contributor) ,
- Textbook
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The steadfast alliance between America and Europe represents one of the most important and complex political relationships in the modern world. But with the end of the Cold War, America and Europe seem to be drifting apart. In Between Empire and Alliance, scholars from both sides of the Atlantic examine the most intense phase of the Cold War-the quarter century from 1950 to 1974-to explore the ever-changing relationship between the United States and Europe.
At the height of the Cold War, America took on the role of Europe's great protector, but rather than create a sense of safety for the Europeans, this dependence on an outside power for protection became the source of great anxiety in Europe. Using archival documents that have only recently become available, the contributors consider the political, social, and economic implications of specific American policies on European nations and, more importantly, the role of American support in the drive for European unification.
Providing a picture of U.S.-European relations both during the Cold War and today, Between Empire and Alliance sheds new light on the future of America and Europe.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 America, Europe, and German Rearmament, August-September 1950: A Critique of a Myth
Chapter 3 "A General Named Eisenhower": Atlantic Crisis and the Origins of the European Economic Community
Chapter 4 Trigger-happy Protestant Materialists? The European Christian Democrats and the United States
Chapter 5 The United States and the Opening to the Left, 1953-1963
Chapter 6 Hegemony or Vulnerability? Giscard, Ball, and the 1962 Gold Standstill Proposal
Chapter 7 Western Europe and the American Challenge: Conflict and Cooperation in Technology and Monetary Policy, 1965-1973
Chapter 8 Georges Pompidou and U.S.-European Relations
Product details
| Published | Feb 28 2003 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 256 |
| ISBN | 9798216203612 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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