A comprehensive survey of the American policy towards European integration from 1945. This book analyses the process of European Integration from its beginnings after the Second World War through to the administration under President Clinton.

1. Introduction and Basic Arguments ; 2. The Public American Position, 1945-1997 ; 3. The Motives for America's Support of European Integration ; 4. The United States and the Beginnings of European Integration, 1945-1950 ; 5. The Atlantic Framework for European Integration, 1950-1960 ; 6. De Gaulle's Challenge to the Atlantic Framework, 1960-1969 ; 7. The European Economic Challenge to the Atlantic Framework, 1945-1972 ; 8. Nixon-Kissinger Reappraisal, 1969-1976 ; 9. The US and European Integration from Carter to Clinton, 1977-1997 ; 10. What Difference did US Support Make to European Integration? ; 11. Why Was There Not More Atlantic Integration? ; 12. America's "Empire": The Comparative Dimension ; 13. The Past, the Present, and the Future ; Bibliography; Index

The thrust of Empire by Integration lies not so much in identifying this dichotomy, but in successfully explaining the background for the US viewpoint, amd how the two objectives became translated into policy./Journal of PEACE RESEARCH volume 35/number 4/July 1998. There is a great deal usefully surveyed and summarized in this book; it should become a standard text for university courses, and an unvaluable crib for the many who lack the time to read through the accumulation of historical evidence book by book./William Wallace. `There has been, until now, no comprehensive history of United States policy toward European integration. Geir Lundestad's is a perceptive, well-informed, and yet succinct account, certain to become the standard treatment of the subject for years to come.' John Lewis Gaddis, Robert Lovett Professor of History, Yale University `This book is not simply a first-rate survey of a very important topic of post-World War Two international history. It is also an evocative and provocative analysis of US motives and tactics regarding European integration...Lundestad has made another first-rate contribution to the literature on American foreign relations.' Melvyn P. Leffler, Professor of History, University of Virginia It remains a useful book and provides a valuable extended commentary of the US position on European integration whilst also directly addressing some key questions...It is an essential library purchase. European Foreign Affairs Review 1999

Only comprehensive treatment of United States policy toward European integration Perceptive and succinct account of the period Geir Lundestad is a highly distinguished Cold War historian 'There has been, until now, no comprehensive history of United States policy toward European integration. Geir Lundestad's is a perceptive, well-informed, and yet succinct account, certain to become the standard treatment of the subject for years to come.' John Lewis Gaddis, Robert Lovett Professor of History, Yale University 'This book is not simply a first-rate survey of a very important topic of post-World War Two international history. It is also an evocative and provocative analysis of US motives and tactics regarding European integration...Lundestad has made another first-rate contribution to the literature on American foreign relations.' Melvyn P. Leffler, Professor of History, University of Virginia

Geir Lundestad is Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute and Professor of International History at the University of Oslo. His numerous publications include The American "Empire" and other Studies of US Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective (1990, The Fall of Great Powers, Peace, Stability, and Legitimacy (1994), and East, West, North, South: Major Developments in International Politics 1945-1996 (1997). Books by the same author

Only comprehensive treatment of United States policy toward European integration Perceptive and succinct account of the period Geir Lundestad is a highly distinguished Cold War historian 'There has been, until now, no comprehensive history of United States policy toward European integration. Geir Lundestad's is a perceptive, well-informed, and yet succinct account, certain to become the standard treatment of the subject for years to come.' John Lewis Gaddis, Robert Lovett Professor of History, Yale University 'This book is not simply a first-rate survey of a very important topic of post-World War Two international history. It is also an evocative and provocative analysis of US motives and tactics regarding European integration...Lundestad has made another first-rate contribution to the literature on American foreign relations.' Melvyn P. Leffler, Professor of History, University of Virginia