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

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.

• 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

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

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.

• 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

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

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.

• 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