Walter Hallstein: The Forgotten European?

FRANK BARENBRINKER PhD Student and Assistant to the Chair for Modern History, Essen UniversityHANS HERBERT GOTZ Economic Correspondent for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from 1963 to 1975 in BrusselsWILHELM GREWE Retired AmbassadorHANS VON DER GROEBEN Former Section Head in the Ministry of the EconomyAXEL HERBST Retired AmbassadorJOACHIM JAENICKE Retired AmbassadorHANNS JURGEN KUSTERS Research Fellow, Research Centre for Contemporary Issues, BonnLOTHAR LAHN Retired AmbassadorJORG MONAR Director of the Institut fur Europaische Politik, BonnKARL-HEINZ NARJES LawyerEMILE NOEL Former President of the European Higher Education Institute, Florence

• Forewords by Helmut Kohl , Jacques Delors & Sir Edward Heath Notes on the Contributors Introduction PART ONE: THE STATE SECRETARY Walter Hallstein as State Secretary; L.Lahn Remembering Walter Hallstein; J.Jaenicke Hallstein's Conception of German-German Policy and Relations; W.G.Grewe Walter Hallstein and the Negotiations on the Treaties of Rome 1955-1957; H.J.Kusters Hallstein's Conception of Europe before Assuming Office in the Commission; F.Barenbrinker PART TWO: THE PRESIDENT OF THE EEC COMMISSION Walter Hallstein as President of the Commission; H.von der Groeben Walter Hallstein and the Early Phase of the EEC; K-H.Narjes Walter Hallstein: A Personal Testimony; E.Noel Hallstein and de Gaulle: The Disastrous Confrontation; W.Loth The Crisis of 1965-1966; H.H.Gotz PART THREE: THE EUROPEAN IN RETROSPECT Walter Hallstein after the Presidency; T.Jansen Walter Hallstein: The British Perspective; W.Wallace Walter Hallstein and the Anglo-Saxon World; A.Herbst Walter Hallstein: the French Perspective; J.Monar Walter Hallstein's Contribution to Integration Theory: Outdated or Underestimated?; W.Wessels Index