The EC, Eastern Europe and European Unity - Discord, Collaboration and Integration Since 1947

This text argues that the process of West European integration was encouraged and facilitated by the Cold War, in which the threat posed by the Soviet Union temporarily inhibited internal conflicts, and in which American hegemony provided the relatively stable and secure economic, political and military framework in which the major West European countries were able to co-operate and take major steps towards the ultimate ideal of a European Union.>

About the author

Dr Peter van Ham is Senior Research Fellow at the Clingendael Institute, The Netherlands, and Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Van Ham, Peter van Ham, Peter (Clingendael Institute Van Ham
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781474291835
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-9183-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: History and Politics in the 20th Century: Bloomsbury Academic; History and Politics in the 20th Century: Bloomsbury Academic
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, EU (European Union), International institutions, The Cold War, EU & European institutions, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General