Informal Alliance: The Bilderberg Group and Transatlantic Relations during the Cold War, 1952-1968

ISBN-13: 9780815396741 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 310 str.

Thomas W. Gijswijt

Opis

This volume provides the first history of the secretive Bilderberg Group, the high-level transatlantic elite network founded at the height of the Cold War. It aims to show the importance of informal diplomacy and private transnational elite networks in a fast changing world of Cold War, decolonization, and globalization.

Spis treści

Contents;Acknowledgements;Introduction;1. Joseph Retinger – Informal Diplomat;2. Anti-Americanism and the Road to Bilderberg;3. The First Bilderberg Conference;4. Organization, Membership, and the Informal Alliance;5. Integrating Europe;6. Decolonization and the Global Cold War;7. NATO, Nuclear Strategy, and the Cold War;8. The Return of Nationalism: From de Gaulle to Kennedy;9. Alliance in Crisis;Conclusion;List of abbreviations;Appendix;Unpublished Sources and Interviews;Bibliography;Index

O autorze

Thomas W. Gijswijt is Associate Professor in American Studies at the University of Tübingen, Germany.