Research Catalog

Title

John F. Kennedy and Europe / edited by Douglas Brinkley and Richard T. Griffiths ; foreword by Theodore Sorensen.

Publication

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [1999], ©1999.

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Additional Authors

• Brinkley, Douglas.
• Griffiths, Richard T.

Description

xviii, 349 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"John F. Kennedy and Europe offers a collection of essays by both participants in and scholars of United States policy toward Europe from 1961 to 1963. The essays treat such important topics as Kennedy's relationships with European leaders, his administration's Italian and Portuguese policies, the Limited Test-Ban Treaty of 1963, and the balance-of-payments crisis with Europe."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Eisenhower Center studies on war and peace

Uniform Title

Eisenhower Center studies on war and peace.

Subjects

• Europe > Foreign relations > United States
• United States > Foreign relations > 1961-1963
• Kennedy, John F (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
• United States > Foreign relations > Europe
• United States > Politics and government > 1961-1963

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Foreword / Theodore Sorensen -- Preface / Douglas Brinkley and Richard T. Griffiths -- Pt. 1. Kennedy and the European Leaders. 1. Kennedy and Macmillan / Alistair Horne. 2. Kennedy and Adenauer / Roger Morgan. 3. De Gaulle and the Anglo-Saxons / John Newhouse -- Pt. 2. Kennedy, NATO, and the Grand Design. 4. The MLF Debate / Lawrence S. Kaplan. 5. Kennedy and the Test Ban: Presidential Leadership and Arms Control / Bernard J. Firestone. 6. The Limited Test-Ban Treaty of 1963 / Carl Kaysen. 7. Turkey's Jupiter Missiles and the U.S.-Turkish Relationship / Bruce R. Kuniholm. 8. Missiles or Socialists? The Italian Policy of the Kennedy Administration / Leopoldo Nuti. 9. Kennedy, Portugal, and the Azores Base, 1961 / Jose Freire Antunes -- Pt. 3. Trade and Finance. 10. Plugging the Dike: The Kennedy Administration Confronts the Balance-of-Payments Crisis with Europe / Thomas Zoumaras.
• 11. "Two Souls, One Thought"? The EEC, the United States, and the Management of the International Monetary System / Richard T. Griffiths. 12. European-American Trade Policies, 1961-1963 / Ynze Alkema. 13. A Watershed with Some Dry Sides: The Trade Expansion Act of 1962 / William Diebold, Jr. -- Pt. 4. Kennedy and the European Community. 14. George Ball and the Europeanists in the State Department, 1961-1963 / David L. DiLeo. 15. Kennedy's View of Monnet and Vice Versa / Walt W. Rostow. 16. Dean Acheson and John Kennedy: Combating Strains in the Atlantic Alliance, 1962-1963 / Douglas Brinkley. 17. Kennedy, Britain, and the European Community / Stuart Ward.

ISBN

0807123323 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

98056145

OCLC

ocm40595336

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries