LEADER 02494nam 2200517Ia 450 001 9910962693003321 005 20250703015301.0 010 $a1-282-26825-2 010 $a9786612268250 010 $a0-19-153291-6 010 $a1-4237-7106-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000462232 035 $a(OCoLC)252553025 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10329668 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3053488 035 $a(BIP)46206524 035 $a(BIP)12189988 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000462232 100 $a20050512d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe United States and Western Europe since 1945 $efrom "empire" by invitation to transatlantic drift /$fGeir Lundestad 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (346 p.) 311 08$a0-19-928397-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aBased on new and existing research by a world-class scholar, this is the first book in twenty years to examine the dynamics of the entire American-West European relationship since 1945. crucial and recent events dictate that it is becoming ever more so. In this important new work, Geir Lundestad analyses the balance between the cooperation and conflict which has characterized this relationship in the post-war period. He examines talk of transatlantic drift, and the strain now apparent between the USA and the nation states of Western Europe. In the concluding section, Lundestad offers a topical view of the future of transatlantic interaction. both put into practice and extended in time and scope. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in one of the most important and enduring international relationships of the last sixty years. 606 $aInternational relations 607 $aEurope$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zEurope 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1945-1989 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1989- 607 $aEurope$xForeign relations$y1945- 615 0$aInternational relations. 676 $a327.4073 700 $aLundestad$b Geir$f1945-2023.$01830205 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910962693003321 996 $aThe United States and Western Europe since 1945$94401060 997 $aUNINA