Description
The Elusive Quest for European Security provides a detailed overview of the various attempts to incorporate a security and defence role in the European integration process. Consideration is given to why these aspects of the integration process have proven so elusive and what progress has been made towards this goal. 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 which includes Britain's bid for European leadership in defence, and the changing attitudes of administrations in Washington DC.
Simon Duke publications in the St Antony's series also includes "US Defence Bases in the United Kingdom: A Matter for Joint Decision?" (1987).
About the Author
SIMON DUKE graduated from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and then went on to complete his M.Phil and D.Phil degrees at Oxford University. He has since worked and lived in a number of places, including Sweden, the United States, and Hungary. He is author of four books, a co-edited volume, and a number of articles addressing various aspects of European security and defence with an emphasis on transatlantic relations. His publications in the St Antony's series also include US Defence Bases in the United Kingdom: A Matter for Joint Decision? (1987) and The New European Security Disorder (1994). He currently lives in Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Reviews
'Few of those following current developments in European defence integration know much about the history of this highly sensitive issue over the past 50 years, and the recurring themes each time proposals have been advanced. Simon Duke's new study provides the context today's policy-makers and students need, linking negotiations among European governments with the transatlantic dimension, and considering how far the end of the cold war has transformed the context within which the French, German, British and other leading governments define the questions at stake. This will be on my bookshelf and booklist for years to come.' - William Wallace, Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science '...a sound investment for any serious student of contemporary European security issues or European integration more generally...the most sober, balanced, and lucidly written studies of the past, present condition, and future prospects of the Atlantic Alliance...This volume is highly recommended' - Carl Hodge, Journal of European Security
Book Information
ISBN 9780333777985
Author S. Duke
Format Hardback
Page Count 406
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Simon Duke publications in the St Antony's series also includes "US Defence Bases in the United Kingdom: A Matter for Joint Decision?" (1987).
About the Author
SIMON DUKE graduated from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and then went on to complete his M.Phil and D.Phil degrees at Oxford University. He has since worked and lived in a number of places, including Sweden, the United States, and Hungary. He is author of four books, a co-edited volume, and a number of articles addressing various aspects of European security and defence with an emphasis on transatlantic relations. His publications in the St Antony's series also include US Defence Bases in the United Kingdom: A Matter for Joint Decision? (1987) and The New European Security Disorder (1994). He currently lives in Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Reviews
'Few of those following current developments in European defence integration know much about the history of this highly sensitive issue over the past 50 years, and the recurring themes each time proposals have been advanced. Simon Duke's new study provides the context today's policy-makers and students need, linking negotiations among European governments with the transatlantic dimension, and considering how far the end of the cold war has transformed the context within which the French, German, British and other leading governments define the questions at stake. This will be on my bookshelf and booklist for years to come.' - William Wallace, Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science '...a sound investment for any serious student of contemporary European security issues or European integration more generally...the most sober, balanced, and lucidly written studies of the past, present condition, and future prospects of the Atlantic Alliance...This volume is highly recommended' - Carl Hodge, Journal of European Security
Book Information
ISBN 9780333777985
Author S. Duke
Format Hardback
Page Count 406
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
