The EC, Eastern Europe and European Unity
Author: Peter van Ham
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2016-10-06
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 1474291848
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.