The United States and the European Alliance since 1945

The United States and the European Alliance since 1945:

This book approaches relations between the United States and its European allies in the post-war period from a number of different angles, from that of Europe as well as that of the United States, and looks at personal and economic relationships as well as those focusing on defense, the language of power and the very concept of a special relationship. It investigates the successes and failures, as well as the diversity, that constitutes both the strength and weakness of the transatlantic alliance.

The book is in five parts. An introductory chapter by Geir Lundestad , a Norwegian historian of American and European foreign policy, is followed by Part I Economics and Trade, Part II Who Commands?, Part III The Defense Relationship, Part IV Towards a United States of Europe: Do Personalities make a difference? and finally Part V Special Relationships.

Contributions to this book come from internationally renowned experts in their fields and illuminate the most exciting and important research currently available on the European ...American relationship shedding new light on the way the western alliance has functioned. The book will have a wide appeal for specialists in a number of fields such as international relations, politics, economics and history.