Richard Nixon and Europe
The Reshaping of the Postwar Atlantic World

This is the first study of transatlantic relations during the era of Richard Nixon.

Luke A. Nichter (Author)

9781107476608, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 25 May 2017

273 pages, 14 b/w illus.
22.8 x 15.1 x 1.7 cm, 0.42 kg

'This book is a very welcome addition to the literature of contemporary transatlantic relations. It is a detailed archival-based study of the Nixon administration's policy towards Europe and it presents a rich account of how Nixon and Kissinger worked to put relations between the United States of America and Western Europe on a new footing.' Mark Gilbert, Journal of Contemporary History

The US-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 (1963–9). 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.

Introduction
1. A new dimension of NATO
2. Closing the gold window
3. The European response
4. The year of Europe
5. Europe coalesces
6. Britain is out
7. Britain is in
Conclusion.

Subject Areas: Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 [HBLW3], History of the Americas [HBJK]