For some time now studies on European post-war history have regarded the 1970s as a period of crisis and uncertainty. Recently historians of both the Cold War and European integration have started to reassess the 1970s, but we still lack a comprehensive analysis of the period. Such an analysis was the main goal of a research project launched by a group of Italian scholars with the collaboration of foreign colleagues. The present volume is the outcome of the most significant results of the project, all based on extensive archival investigations. It offers significant new contributions on a...

Cinquante annees apres la signature des Traites de Rome, il est desormais possible d analyser sous une perspective historique les debuts de la politique de cooperation europeenne, consacree par la Convention de Yaounde. Cet ouvrage, fonde sur la consultation de plusieurs centres d archives, souligne la valeur strategique, pour les equilibres de la guerre froide en Afrique, de la politique d aide francaise et europeenne.
L etude de l evolution des relations franco-africaines entre 1957 et 1963 illustre bien la complexite des liens entre l Afrique, l Europe et le systeme international d...