Synopses & Reviews
From EDC to CFSP provides a detailed overview of the various attempts to incorporate a security and defense role in the European integration process. The book considers why attempts to include it have been elusive, and assesses what progress has been made to this end since 1945. The assessment includes topics such as the enlargement of NATO, the EU's Amsterdam Treaty, and the role of the revived Western European Union, as well as the role of the main actors, including the United States.
Review
...a good historical narrative of the building of European security and defense institutions from the immediate post-war period to the present.
EUSA Review
Synopsis
"From EDC to CFSP provides a detailed overview of the various attempts to incorporate a security and defense role in the European integration process. The book considers why attempts to include it have been elusive, and assesses what progress has been made to this end since 1945. The assessment includes topics such as the enlargement of NATO, the EU's Amsterdam Treaty, and the role of the revived Western European Union, as well as the role of the main actors, including the United States.
Synopsis
From EDC to CFSP provides a detailed overview of the various attempts to incorporate a security and defense role in the European integration process.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 356-395) and index.
About the Author
Simon Duke is Associate Professor at the European Institute of Public Administration, Netherlands.
Table of Contents
Introduction * The European Defense Community--Shadow of the CFSP? * The Rebirth of European Security? * From Political Community to Uncommon Security? * Expanding Europe, Decreasing Security? * Transatlantic Relations and European Security? * Transatlantic and "Euro" Options--Case Study Yugoslavia * Progress Towards Defining the Common Defense Policy: Illusion or Practice? * Conclusions