Description
Book SynopsisExamining the development of European states, this book explains the ways in which Europe's position has evolved in accordance with its all-important US links. It provides historical analysis of major ideas and events such as the evolution and collapse of the Cold War; and the rise of the New Left and New Right groups.
Table of ContentsPreface.
Part I: Setting the Stage:.
Politics in the Atlantic Community: Late 1950s to the Early 1970s:.
1. Introduction to the Politics.
2. US Politics: Kennedy to Nixon.
3. West German and Austrian Politics: 1959-1974.
4. French Politics: 1958-1974.
5. Britain and the Smaller Northern Democracies, 1959-1974.
6. Italy and the Iberian Peninsula, 1958-1978.
Part II: Transnational Cooperation and Conflict: 1958-1974:.
1. Keys to Western Security.
2. The Cold War: 1958-1974.
3. New Left and Cultural Revolution.
Part III: Politics in the Atlantic Community: From the Mid-1970s to the 1990s:.
1. US Politics: 1974: Ford to Reagan.
2. US Politics: Bush to Clinton.
3. Germany: Divided and United.
4. France, 1974 to the Present.
5. Britain, 1974 to the Present.
6. Italy and the Iberian Peninsula, 1979 to the Present.
Part IV: Transnational Cooperation and Conflict: 1975 to the Present:.
1. Keys to Western Security.
2. Cold War: End and Aftermath.
Index.
