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First Book on U.S.
- European Relations during Nixon Era Published on May 19
Nixon Years Saw Turning Point in World's Closest Alliance
“Extremely well-researched, well-written, and carefully balanced...Luke
Nichter has brilliantly filled a major gap in our
understanding of the administration's foreign policy.”
-Melvin Small, Wayne State University
“Steeped in transatlantic archives and written for a general audience,
Richard Nixon and Europe is a landmark
contribution.”
-Irwin F. Gellman, Franklin & Marshall College
“Impressively researched and persuasively argued, Luke Nichter's book
fills an important gap in the literature of the Nixon
presidency...Nichter has written a fascinating
narrative of Nixon's efforts.”
-Thomas Schwartz, Vanderbilt University
The U.S. - European relationship remains the
closest and most important alliance in the world. Since 1945,
successive American presidents each put their own touches on
transatlantic relations, but the literature has reached only
into the presidency of Lyndon Johnson (1963-1969). This first
study of transatlantic relations during the era of Richard Nixon
shows a complex, turbulent period during which the postwar
period came to an end, and the modern era came to be on both
sides of the Atlantic in terms of political, economic, and
military relations.
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Offers insights based on multilingual
research in six countries (US, UK, France, Germany, Italy
and Belgium)
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Utilizes newly transcribed conversations
from Nixon's secret White House tapes
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Goes beyond the most common studies of
China, the USSR, Vietnam, and Watergate during the Nixon
Era, illustrating the extraordinary transformation that took
place in transatlantic relations
Richard Nixon and Europe: The Reshaping of the Postwar Atlantic
Alliance, authored by
nixontapes.org editor Luke A. Nichter and published by
Cambridge University Press, focuses on key events in the
transatlantic relationship during the presidency of Richard
Nixon, including: the transformation of NATO, the collapse of
the Bretton Woods system, the "Year of Europe," the British
decision to renegotiate membership in the European Community,
and the American effort to keep Britain in the EC and salvage
the Anglo-American "special relationship."
Table of Contents:
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Introduction
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Chapter 1: A new dimension of NATO
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Chapter 2: Closing the gold window
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Chapter 3: The European response
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Chapter 4: The Year of Europe
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Chapter 5: Europe coalesces
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Chapter 6: Britain is out
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Chapter 7: Britain is in
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Conclusion
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Bibliography
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Index
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