Including several contributions from an international group of historians and experts of international relations, this volume analyses the relationship between the United Nations and European integration. The book, which covers the time period from 1945 to the present, is organised into three sections, each dedicated to a different phase of the integration process, during which EU-UN relations assumed a different character. The essays of the first section deal with the 1950s and 1960s, and show the active contribution of UN bodies in shaping the integration process. In the second part,...