Monnet and the Americans: The Father of a United Europe and His U.S. Supporters [Paperback]

Clifford P. Hackett (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0964254115 | ISBN-13: 978-0964254114 | Publication Date: December 1, 1995

Eight studies by American and European writers on the relations between Jean Monnet, founder of the European Union, and a wide range of Americans who supported his vision of uniting after World War II. The Americans include Presidents Roosevelt and Eisenhower, Secretaries of State Acheson and Dulles, journalists, government "insiders", and key policy makers including George Ball and John McCloy. An introductory biographical sketch of Monnet is by Richard Mayne, British writer and the translator of Monnet's Memoirs.

Editorial Reviews

Review

The contributors to this excellent work recount numerous episodes of this long relationship, beginning with the self-assured Jean Monnet arriving in October 1938 on his way to meet Franklin Roosevelt at his private home on New York's Hudson River shore, to the Monnet who, having given up all official posts, continued wworking for Europe through hiis Action Committee for the Unitied States of Europe. These essays recall that, as Henry Kissinger put it, Jean Monnet "mesmerized American's leading statesmen into seeing the world from his own unique perspective. -- Agence Europe, a European-wide news service in Brussels, 1996

From the Publisher

This is the second book published by the Jean Monnet Council of Washington DC which is dedicated to the understanding and application of Monnet's life and experience to contemporary problems. The first was Jean Monnet: The path to European Unity, published with St. Martin;s Press and written principally by people who worked with Monnet over his long life in Europe and America.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 268 pages
• Publisher: Amer Council for Jean Monnet Stds (December 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964254115
• ISBN-13: 978-0964254114
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,866,498 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)