The Struggle for the Organization of Europe

the long version

This book offers a new view suggesting that European integration has been driven by political rather than economic considerations. The author makes it clear that from the end of the Second World War any plan of economic or monetary cooperation in Europe was almost exclusively motivated by politics. He argues that the very foundation of the organization of Western Europe was based on preventing further conflict between France and the newly partitioned Germany. This book will be warmly welcomed by both academics and students interested in European integration, international political economy, history, international relations, European Studies and economics.