Thomas W Gijswijt

Informal Alliance

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

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 604g
• ISBN-13: 9780815396741
• ISBN-10: 0815396740
• Artikelnr.: 53629592

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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Unpublished Sources and Interviews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