Filling a surprising gap in existing studies, this book addresses many of the unanswered questions surrounding the role of european integration in shaping national defence policy. The impressive array of contributors consider the pressures on state policy emanating from the process of integration. The book is divided into three distinct parts: * an outline of the tortuous history of attempts to link defence with European integration * a study of the four larger member states - France, Germany, Italy and the UK as well as a chapter on The Netherlands;* an analysis of the effects of the nuclear weapons and arms procurement policies. This, the second book in The State and the European Union series, sheds light on an increasingly important and topical aspect of contemporary European security and will be essential reading for those studying European Politics, Public Policy and International Relations.

Introduction Anand Menon ; National defence and European security integration: an illusion inside a chimera? Jolyon Howorth; France Jolyon Howorth ; Germany Johannes Bohnen ; Italy Filippo Andreatta and Christopher Hill ; The Netherlands Alfred van Staden ; The United Kingdom David Chuter ; Arms Procurement Trevor Taylor Nuclear Issues Stuart Croft ; Conclusion: Defence, States and Integration in Europe Lawrence Freedman and Anand Menon