The United States and the nuclear dimension of European integration

Abstract:

This work takes a close look at the American domination of the development of nationally controlled nuclear weapons in Europe and the moves towards a European ‘Third Force’ outside NATO.

The book is organised over five substantive chapters plus an introduction and conclusion. Chapter one offers historical background and gives an overview of the European policy of the Eisenhower administration. Chapter two examines the European Defence Community and chapter three deals with the Western European Union. Chapter four covers the preliminary negotiations on Euratom in the Intergovernmental Committee, while chapter five addresses the second phase of continuing negotiations in the Intergovernmental Conference up to the signing of the Treaty of Rome in March 1957. Each chapter contains a concluding section and the author provides an overall conclusion which closes the book.

The book will interest scholars and students, researchers and policy-makers in the fields of Defence studies, European Union studies and International relations.

Gunnar Skogmar was formerly Jean Monnet Professor of European History at Roskilde University, and Associate Professor of Political Science at Lund University.

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