Reframing the Diplomat

Albertine Bloemendal, Ph.D. (2017), Leiden University, is a historian and Americanist currently working as a lecturer at that same university. She is specialized in New Diplomatic History and Cold War transatlantic relations and has published in popular and scholarly publications, such as New Global Studies.

"In conclusion, measured against the objectives of the New Diplomatic History as formulated by the author, this book can certainly be considered a success. It is clear that the part played in Cold War transatlantic relations by informal actors such as Ernst van der Beugel could be significant, and an account such as this one is a valuable addition, not only to the traditional, state-oriented historiography, but also the already existing work on networks such as Bilderberg." - Ruud van Dijk, Rezension zu: Bloemendal, Albertine: Reframing the Diplomat. Ernst van der Beugel and the Cold War Atlantic Community, in: H-Soz-Kult, 27.07.2018 (www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/rezbuecher-28587).

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsIntroductionErnst van der BeugelThe Atlantic Elite and the Unofficial “Atlantic Community”Ernst van der Beugel: A Case Study in New Diplomatic HistorySources and Structure1 “The Great Mistake of the West”Youth and Student YearsThe Worst Years: “The Idea of War is Growing more Familiar to us Every Day”The War YearsConclusion2 “Present at the Creation”The Marshall PlanThe Paris ConferenceTo WashingtonThe Washington MeetingsThe Marshall Plan: A Joint Venture between the Public and the Private SectorThe Dutch OrganizationPublic Private Linkages in the NetherlandsCooperation with the American Country Mission in The HagueA Comprehensive PR-CampaignThe ERP: Developing Transatlantic NetworksHirschfeld’s HeirConclusion3 An Atlanticist EuropeanHistorical Context: the Netherlands and the Road to RomePolitical and Military IntegrationThe Group of TenDiverging Paths: The EDC and the Rise of the GaullistsAtlanticist vs. Europeanists and the Straightjacket of Administrative DisciplineState Secretary: The Road to RomeHope and Disillusionment: The Free Trade Area and Charles de GaulleConclusion: an Atlanticist European4 Unofficial Ambassador for an Atlantic CommunityStatesman without OfficeKLM ConnectionsTransition and ContinuityThe Unofficial Atlantic CommunityThe Bilderberg MeetingsPublic VoiceA Transatlantic MediatorTurbulence at KLMConclusion5 The Gaullist ChallengeAtlantic Crisis: A Nightmare Come TrueBeyond ‘Facilitation’: The Run-Up to the Bilderberg Meeting in CannesCannes, 1963: “We Now Know What We Are Up Against”The MLF Conversion: From “Patch-Up Tool” to Instrument for Atlantic CohesionTransatlantic Family Quarrels: The Lingering Rivalry of Europeanists vs. AtlanticistsAmerican Leadership: A Cri de CoeurReverberations of WilliamsburgMLF: The Battle ContinuesEuropean Political Union Revisited: The Erhard PlanConclusion6 Defense, Détente and the “Average Man”Détente and the Soviet ThreatA Decline in Accepted and Acceptable American LeadershipThe Atlantic Elite and the ‘Average Man’The Dutch Scene: Nieuw Links, the PvdA and the Vietnam LetterThe Dutch Defense DebateA Friend in the White HouseA Small Intervention that Could Make All the DifferenceThe Biesheuvel Cabinet and the Committee of Civil and Military ExpertsIn Pursuit of a Domestic Climate Conducive to Close Transatlantic RelationsConclusion7 The Challenge of the Successor GenerationA Very Serious Generation ProblemConsultancy: The Ford Foundation and the Successor GenerationBilderberg and the Pursuit of a ‘Continuous Rejuvenation’Bridging the Generation Gap: From Marienlyst to WoodstockThe Old Guard in Defense of the Capitalist SystemBilderberg and the Lockheed Scandal: An Existential Crisis“The Smoothest Coup d’état in the History of the Atlantic Alliance”“NATO-Professor”ConclusionConclusion: A Call for a New Diplomatic HistorySources & BibliographyIndex