Introductory note – Introduction – Einführung 1 JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION HISTORY REVUE D’HISTOIRE DE L’INTÉGRATION EUROPÉENNE ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR GESCHICHTE DER EUROPÄISCHEN INTEGRATION edited by the Groupe de liaison des professeurs d’histoire contemporaine auprès de la Commission européenne 1996, Volume 2, Number 1 Dieses Dokument wurde erstellt mit FrameMaker 4.0.4. 2 Introductory note – Introduction – Einführung The Liaison Committee of Historians came into being in 1982 as a result of an important international symposium, that the Commission had organized in Luxembourg in order to launch historical research on European integration. It consists of historians of the European Union member countries, who have specialized in contemporary history. The Liaison Committee: – gathers and conveys information about works on European history after the Second World War; – advises the European Union in the matter of scientific projects to be carried through. Thus, the Liaison Committee was commissioned to make publicly available the archives of the Community institutions; – enables researchers to make better use of the archival sources; – promotes scientific meetings in order to get an update of the acquired knowledge and to stimulate new research: five research conferences have been organized and their proceedings published, a sixth conference will take place in Oxford in 1996, the seventh conference will be organized in Rome in 1997. The Journal of European History – Revue d’histoire de l’intégration européenne – Zeitschrift für Geschichte der europäischen Integration is totally in line with the preoccupations of the Liaison Com- mittee. Being the first journal of history to deal exclusively with the history of European Integration, the Journal intends to offer the increasing number of young historians devoting their research to con- temporary Europe, a permanent forum. At the same time, the Liaison Committee publishes the Newsletter of the European Community Liaison Committee of Historians and of the Jean Monnet Chairs in History of European Integration. The Newsletter publishes in particular an important current bibliography of theses and dissertations, books and articles dealing with European integration and presents the syllabuses of research institutes and centres in the field of European history. The Liaison Committee is supported by the European Commission and works completely independ- ently and according to the historians’ critical method. ❋ Le Groupe de liaison des professeurs d’histoire auprès de la Commission des Communautés européennes s’est constitué en 1982 à la suite d’un grand colloque que la Commission avait organisé à Luxembourg pour lancer la recherche historique sur la construction européenne. Il regroupe des profes- seurs d’université des pays membres de l’Union européenne, spécialistes d’histoire contemporaine. Le Groupe de liaison a pour mission: – de diffuser l’information sur les travaux portant sur l’histoire de l’Europe après la Seconde Guerre mondiale; – de conseiller l’Union européenne sur les actions scientifiques à entreprendre avec son appui; ainsi le Groupe de liaison a assuré une mission concernant la mise à la disposition du public des archives des institutions communautaires; – d’aider à une meilleure utilisation par les chercheurs des moyens de recherche mis à leur disposi- tion (archives, sources orales...); – d’encourager des rencontres scientifiques afin de faire le point sur les connaissances acquises et de susciter de nouvelles recherches: cinq grands colloques ont été organisés et leurs actes publiés, un sixième colloque aura lieu à Oxford en 1996, un septième à Rome en 1997. L’édition du Journal of European Integration History – Revue d’histoire de l’intégration européenne – Zeitschrift für Geschichte der europäischen Integration se situe dans le droit fil des préoccupations du Groupe de liaison. Première revue d’histoire à se consacrer exclusivement à l’histoire de la construc- tion européenne, le Journal se propose de fournir un forum permanent au nombre croissant de jeunes historiens vouant leurs recherches à l’Europe contemporaine. Parallèlement le Groupe de liaison édite la Lettre d’information du Groupe de liaison des profes- seurs d’histoire auprès de la Commission européenne et du réseau des Chaires Jean Monnet en his- toire de l’Intégration. La Lettre d’information publie notamment une importante bibliographie courante des thèses et mémoires, livres et articles consacrés à la construction européenne et présente les programmes des instituts et centres de recherche en matière d’histoire européenne. Le Groupe de liaison bénéficie du soutien de la Commission européenne. Ses colloques et publica- tions se font en toute indépendance et conformément à la méthode critique qui est celle des historiens. Introductory note – Introduction – Einführung 3 JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION HISTORY REVUE D’HISTOIRE DE L’INTÉGRATION EUROPÉENNE ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR GESCHICHTE DER EUROPÄISCHEN INTEGRATION 1996, Volume 2, Number 1 European Integration History: The Cold War and European Integration since 1947 L’impact de la Guerre froide sur le processus d’intégration européenne depuis 1947 Die Auswirkungen des Kalten Krieges auf die Europäische Integration nach 1947 Klaus SCHWABE, coordinator Introductory note – Introduction – Zur Einführung ............................................... 5 Klaus LARRES, Integrating Europe or Ending the Cold War? Churchill’s post-war foreign policy ..................................................................... 15 Ronald W. PRUESSEN, Cold War Threats and America’s Commitment to the European Defense Community: One Corner of a Triangle ........................ 51 Pierre GUILLEN, The Role of the Soviet-Union as a Factor in the French Debates on the European Defence Community ....................................... 71 Vladislav ZUBOK, The Soviet Union and European Integration from Stalin to Gorbachev .................................................................. 85 Book reviews – Comptes rendus – Buchbesprechungen ..................................... 99 Notices – Informations – Mitteilungen .............................................................. 121 Abstracts – Résumés – Zusammenfassungen .................................................... 125 Contributors – Auteurs – Autoren ...................................................................... 129 Books received – Livres reçus – Eingegangene Bücher .................................... 131 4 Introductory note – Introduction – Einführung Editorial notice Articles for inclusion in this journal may be submitted at any time. 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Citation The Journal of European Integration History may be cited as follows: JEIH, (Year)/(Number), (Page). ISSN 0947-9511 © 1996 NOMOS Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden and the Groupe de liaison des professeurs d’histoire contemporaine auprès de la Commission européenne. Printed in Germany. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of the publishers. Introductory note – Introduction – Einführung 5 Introductory Note Klaus Schwabe The third issue of this journal is devoted to the impact of the Cold War on the pro- cess of European integration, as seen from the perspective of the four major powers – the United States, the Soviet Union, Great Britain and France. All shared primary responsibility for the shaping of the destiny of Europe in general and of Germany’s future in particular. In the light of the recent radical shift in international power, the Cold War may appear to have lost most of its contemporary political significance – to have become mere history. But inspite of this appearance a more comprehensive understanding of the Cold War period retains a particular relevance at a time, when substantial decisions on the course of European integration are pending. Maastricht II will have to decide whether or not the expansion of the European Union, widely supported, as it is, will be accompanied by a tightening and deepening of its organ- izational structure – a process of tightening, in which the introduction of a common European currency will be but one important element. Whatever direction these developments may take, they will be initiated and implemented in an international setting that differs drastically from the scenario that prevailed for more than four decades from 1945 until the coming down of the Berlin wall. During the Cold War the communist threat provided a stimulus for European integration. As this threat is now a thing