European Union—United States Security Relations Transatlantic Tensions and the Theory of International Relations
The European Union's evolution to become a global actor is examined through its relationship with the United States from the Yomkippur war to the Gulf conflict. Indepth case-studies of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, martial law in Poland 1981-82 and the Kurdish crisis in Iraq 1991 are shown to supp...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
1997, 1997
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Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | The European Union's evolution to become a global actor is examined through its relationship with the United States from the Yomkippur war to the Gulf conflict. Indepth case-studies of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, martial law in Poland 1981-82 and the Kurdish crisis in Iraq 1991 are shown to support a theoretical critique. The dominant 'realist' approach to international relations is unable to adequately explain transatlantic tensions in this period. New frameworks are needed to explain the 'agency-structure' of internal European and EU-US relationships |
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Physical Description: | VIII, 282 p online resource |
ISBN: | 9780230389847 |