Antonio Calcara is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Luiss Guido Carli University, Italy, and Adjunct Professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium.

'This excellent study analyzes how Europe deals with the rising costs of military technology when defense budgets shrink, while seeking to build up a sophisticated weapons industry. Summing Up: Recommended.'--P. Kurzer, University of Arizona, CHOICE

• 1. Introduction 2. Explaining European Defence-Industrial Cooperation: A Theoretical Framework 3. Defence-Industrial Decision-Making: France, Germany, Italy and the UK 4.The NATO Helicopter for the 90s 5. The Eurofighter 6. Airbus A400M 7. Conclusions

Antonio Calcara is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Luiss Guido Carli University, Italy, and Adjunct Professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium.

'This excellent study analyzes how Europe deals with the rising costs of military technology when defense budgets shrink, while seeking to build up a sophisticated weapons industry. Summing Up: Recommended.'--P. Kurzer, University of Arizona, CHOICE

• 1. Introduction 2. Explaining European Defence-Industrial Cooperation: A Theoretical Framework 3. Defence-Industrial Decision-Making: France, Germany, Italy and the UK 4.The NATO Helicopter for the 90s 5. The Eurofighter 6. Airbus A400M 7. Conclusions

Antonio Calcara is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Luiss Guido Carli University, Italy, and Adjunct Professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium.

'This excellent study analyzes how Europe deals with the rising costs of military technology when defense budgets shrink, while seeking to build up a sophisticated weapons industry. Summing Up: Recommended.'--P. Kurzer, University of Arizona, CHOICE

• 1. Introduction 2. Explaining European Defence-Industrial Cooperation: A Theoretical Framework 3. Defence-Industrial Decision-Making: France, Germany, Italy and the UK 4.The NATO Helicopter for the 90s 5. The Eurofighter 6. Airbus A400M 7. Conclusions