This edited volume uses newly released archival material to show linkages between the development of the European Union and the Cold War.

Introduction Piers Ludlow France 1. The Linkage Between European Integration And Detente: De Gaulle's and Pompidou's Contrasting Approaches (1965-1974) Georges Henri Soutou 2.'Grandeur et Dépendances': The Dilemmas of Gaullist Foreign Policy, September 1967-April 1968 Garret Martin Germany 3. Détente and European Integration in the policies of Willy Brandt and Georges Pompidou Wilfried Loth 4. New Ospolitik and European Integration:Concept and Policies in the Brandt Era Andreas Wilkens Britain 5. Anglo-American Relations, the Atlantic Alliance and European unity, 1965-1968 James Ellison 6. Anglo-French relations, detente and Britain's second application for membership of the EEC, 1966-1967 Helen Parr The Netherlands 7. The Netherlands, the Gaullist challenge and the evolving Cold War, 1966-1973 Jan van der Harst The Community Institutions 8. An Insulated Community? The Community Institutions and the Cold War, 1965-1970 Piers Ludlow The United States 9. Searching For a Balance: The American Perspective Jussi Hanhimaki. Conclusions Piers Ludlow