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The United States and the nuclear dimension of European integration / Gunnar Skogmar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Skogmar, Gunnar, 1937-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- European federation--History--20th century.
- European federation.
- History.
- Nuclear arms control--Europe--History--20th century.
- Nuclear arms control.
- International relations.
- Europe, Western--Foreign relations--United States.
- Europe, Western.
- United States--Foreign relations--Europe, Western.
- United States.
- Europe--Economic integration.
- Europe.
- Western Europe.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 331 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
- Summary:
- The US was a dominant actor in the European integration game in the 1950s, although not always formally present at the negotiation table. The Americans promoted integration based on Franco-German reconciliation and sought to prevent the emergence of nationally controlled nuclear weapons in Germany and France and developments toward an independent European "Third Force." Based on material from American, British, French and German archives the book covers the negotiations about the European Defence Community, the Western European Union and Euratom/the Common Market.
- Contents:
- 1 The European Policy of the Eisenhower Administration 10
- Double Containment and European Integration 10
- Nuclear Foreign Policy and Arms Control 14
- Nuclear Foreign Policy and Integration Policy 17
- Atoms for War 19
- Atoms for Peace 21
- Support for Political and Economic Integration in Western Europe 29
- Reconciling Nuclear Policy and Integration Policy 34
- 2 The Nuclear Dimension of the European Defence Community 37
- The Inherited Package: Arms Control in the EDC Treaty 1951-52 37
- The Additional Protocols of 1953 41
- American and British Planning 45
- German and French Planning 49
- The New French Protocol Proposal 52
- The Brussels Conference (19-22 August 1954) 57
- Last-Minute Attempts to Save the EDC 59
- 3 The Nuclear Dimension of the Western European Union 65
- German Signals about Self-Limitation 65
- Agreement on Negotiations about 'Little NATO' 67
- Revision of US European Policy 70
- Preludes to the London Conference 75
- The London Conference (28 September-3 October 1954) 78
- The Paris Conference (20-3 October 1954) 88
- French Efforts to Obtain Further Concessions 90
- American and British Reactions during the Debate in the French National Assembly 97
- French Counterbalance: Reinforcement of the National Military Nuclear Option 99
- Negotiations about the French Arms Pool Project 101
- Renewed Discussion in the US about Alternatives in Case of Further Delay 107
- Final French Attempts to Obtain Control of US Military Aid and the Transfer Option 108
- 4 Euratom and the Linkage to the Common Market: First Phase 114
- Origins 114
- The Early US Attitude to the Plans for a relance europeenne 122
- Models for Euratom at the End of 1955 128
- British Policy toward Euratom 130
- American Policy Decisions and Implementation Analyses in the State Department 133
- Dulles' Personal Diplomacy in Europe 140
- American Diplomacy and German Developments 143
- The Monnet Concept 145
- US Domestic Bargaining: State-AEC coordination 149
- The Eisenhower-Eden Talks and the Evolution of the British Position 155
- Atoms for Peace, IAEA and the European Scene 161
- American Diplomacy around the Brussels Conference (11-12 February 1956) up to the Spaak Report 165
- The Spaak Report and the Spaak Compromise 170
- Franz-Josef Strauss' Exploratory Visit to the US 174
- The US Message to the Europeans before the Venice Conference 176
- The Venice Conference (29-30 May 1956) 180
- 5 Euratom and the Linkage to the Common Market: Second Phase 186
- US signals to Germany and France after the Venice Conference 186
- Franco-British Negotiations 189
- French Conditions about Euratom 192
- A New Approach to Euratom? 194
- Franco-British and Franco-German Talks 198
- German Decisions before the Paris Conference 203
- The Paris Conference (20-1 October 1956) and its Impact in Bonn and Paris 207
- American Reactions 211
- The Adenauer/Mollet Compromise 216
- Franco-German Arms Cooperation with Nuclear Components 223
- Controversies about Enrichment and Bilateralism 225
- Erosion of 'Minimum Equality' 228
- The US Position on the Common Market and the British Free Trade Area Proposal 236
- Revitalization of the Anglo-American Nuclear Special Relationship 239
- The Final Stage of the Negotiations on Euratom and the Common Market 244
- Conclusion: Integration and Non-Proliferation 253.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1403938997
- OCLC:
- 55228880
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