This volume offers a comprehensive analysis of transatlantic relations throughout the long 20th century. Reflecting on the tensions between identity and alterity, which have informed the relationship between Europe and the United States since the colonial era, The Atlantic Alliance in the Long 20th Century takes a transnational approach to situate Euro-American history within a global context and provide an understanding of how the Atlantic alliance has been built, maintained and challenged.
Centring on the formation of Atlantica, a political and security community that emerged after World War II, it raises critical questions about the nature and manifestation of American hegemony in Western Europe; what were the foundational pillars of this community, and how did the balance of power evolve within it? Also exploring the interplay between transatlantic relations and European integration, it asks how the EU and EC fitted into this Atlantic community, and seeks to understand whether the Atlanticist vision and European project had common goals, or were their processes antagonistic?
In examining the tensions between Atlanticism and Europeanism, and whether their approaches were independent or convergent, Bitumi sets out what this means for contemporary relations today. Arguing that the three foundational pillars of the Atlantic order- democracy, deregulated capitalism and cosmopolitan internationalism- have faced significant strain since the 2008 financial crisis, this book reflects on the origins of this crisis and the challenge it poses to the ongoing unity and cohesion of the Atlantic Alliance, and the trajectory of the Euro-American relationship.
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"A comprehensive, lucid, survey of transatlantic relations down to the present, including all the key issues, even the most controversial." * David Ellwood, School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University, USA * "Alessandra Bitumis Atlantic Alliance in the Long 20th Century is an impressive achievement. The book provides the essential context for understanding the most important international alignment of recent history, revealing both its strengths and weaknesses, as well as why we may deeply regret its demise. It is must reading for policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as the citizens of this remarkable alliance." * Thomas Schwartz, Vanderbilt University, USA *
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A history of US-European relations through the long 20th century, focusing on the development of the EU and the economic, political, security and cultural implications for the Atlantic Alliance.
Introduction
1. The Dilemma of the Euro-American Bond
2. Integration and Separation of the North Atlantic World, 1898-1945
3. Building the Atlantic Community: The Cold War in Europe
4. The Origins of a United Europe and Challenges to the Atlantic
Partnership
5. Partnership of Equals in Third Force Europe
6. Reframing Transatlantic Relations In the Long Seventies
7. The Origins of a New Order: The Atlantic World between Neoliberal
Globalization and a Second Cold War
8. Beyond the Cold War: The United States, the New European
Architecture, and the Return of War
9. 9/11 2016: Atlantica Between Terrorism and the Crisis of
Globalization
10. The Return of the Barricades: Atlantica and the International
(dis)order
Alessandra Bitumi is Assistant Professor of International History at University of Teramo, Italy. She has held previous positions at Vreij Universiteit, The Netherlands, New York University, USA, and Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, France.
