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Reframing the Diplomat: Ernst van der Beugel and the Cold War Atlantic Community de Albertine Bloemendal

Reframing the Diplomat: Ernst van der Beugel and the Cold War Atlantic Community: New Perspectives on the Cold War, cartea 3

Autor Albertine Bloemendal
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 10 ian 2018
In Reframing the Diplomat Albertine Bloemendal offers a unique window onto the unofficial dimension of Cold War transatlantic relations by analyzing the diplomatic role of the Dutch Atlanticist Ernst van der Beugel as a government official and as a private diplomat. After a career with the Dutch government at the frontlines of the Marshall Plan, European integration and transatlantic relations, Van der Beugel pursued a more freestyle approach to diplomacy as a private citizen, most notably through his role as Secretary-General of the illustrious Bilderberg Meetings and his ties to the European and American foreign policy establishments. This book also traces his close friendship with Henry Kissinger, which provided him with a direct line to the White House.
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ISBN-13: 9789004359178
ISBN-10: 9004359176
Pagini: 354
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.66 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria New Perspectives on the Cold War

Cuprins

Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations

Introduction
Ernst van der Beugel
The Atlantic Elite and the Unofficial “Atlantic Community”
Ernst van der Beugel: A Case Study in New Diplomatic History
Sources and Structure

1 “The Great Mistake of the West”
Youth and Student Years
The Worst Years: “The Idea of War is Growing more Familiar to us Every Day”
The War Years
Conclusion

2 “Present at the Creation”
The Marshall Plan
The Paris Conference
To Washington
The Washington Meetings
The Marshall Plan: A Joint Venture between the Public and the Private Sector
The Dutch Organization
Public Private Linkages in the Netherlands
Cooperation with the American Country Mission in The Hague
A Comprehensive PR-Campaign
The ERP: Developing Transatlantic Networks
Hirschfeld’s Heir
Conclusion

3 An Atlanticist European
Historical Context: the Netherlands and the Road to Rome
Political and Military Integration
The Group of Ten
Diverging Paths: The EDC and the Rise of the Gaullists
Atlanticist vs. Europeanists and the Straightjacket of Administrative Discipline
State Secretary: The Road to Rome
Hope and Disillusionment: The Free Trade Area and Charles de Gaulle
Conclusion: an Atlanticist European

4 Unofficial Ambassador for an Atlantic Community
Statesman without Office
KLM Connections
Transition and Continuity
The Unofficial Atlantic Community
The Bilderberg Meetings
Public Voice
A Transatlantic Mediator
Turbulence at KLM
Conclusion

5 The Gaullist Challenge
Atlantic Crisis: A Nightmare Come True
Beyond ‘Facilitation’: The Run-Up to the Bilderberg Meeting in Cannes
Cannes, 1963: “We Now Know What We Are Up Against”
The MLF Conversion: From “Patch-Up Tool” to Instrument for Atlantic Cohesion
Transatlantic Family Quarrels: The Lingering Rivalry of Europeanists vs. Atlanticists
American Leadership: A Cri de Coeur
Reverberations of Williamsburg
MLF: The Battle Continues
European Political Union Revisited: The Erhard Plan
Conclusion

6 Defense, Détente and the “Average Man”
Détente and the Soviet Threat
A Decline in Accepted and Acceptable American Leadership
The Atlantic Elite and the ‘Average Man’
The Dutch Scene: Nieuw Links, the PvdA and the Vietnam Letter
The Dutch Defense Debate
A Friend in the White House
A Small Intervention that Could Make All the Difference
The Biesheuvel Cabinet and the Committee of Civil and Military Experts
In Pursuit of a Domestic Climate Conducive to Close Transatlantic Relations
Conclusion

7 The Challenge of the Successor Generation
A Very Serious Generation Problem
Consultancy: The Ford Foundation and the Successor Generation
Bilderberg and the Pursuit of a ‘Continuous Rejuvenation’
Bridging the Generation Gap: From Marienlyst to Woodstock
The Old Guard in Defense of the Capitalist System
Bilderberg and the Lockheed Scandal: An Existential Crisis
“The Smoothest Coup d’état in the History of the Atlantic Alliance”
“NATO-Professor”
Conclusion

Conclusion: A Call for a New Diplomatic History

Sources & Bibliography
Index

Notă biografică

Albertine Bloemendal, Ph.D. (2017), Leiden University, is a historian and Americanist currently working as a lecturer at that same university. She is specialized in New Diplomatic History and Cold War transatlantic relations and has published in popular and scholarly publications, such as New Global Studies.

Recenzii

"In conclusion, measured against the objectives of the New Diplomatic History as formulated by the author, this book can certainly be considered a success. It is clear that the part played in Cold War transatlantic relations by informal actors such as Ernst van der Beugel could be significant, and an account such as this one is a valuable addition, not only to the traditional, state-oriented historiography, but also the already existing work on networks such as Bilderberg." - Ruud van Dijk, Rezension zu: Bloemendal, Albertine: Reframing the Diplomat. Ernst van der Beugel and the Cold War Atlantic Community, in: H-Soz-Kult, 27.07.2018 (www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/rezbuecher-28587).