Series: The European Union Series.
Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. 315 pp.This major text by a leading authority on European security provides a full assessment of the historical, political and systemic reasons behind the rise of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).Introduction: A New Security Actor on the World Stage
Disputed Origins - True and False Drivers Behind ESDP
Decision-Making: The Politico-Institutional Framework
The Instruments of Intervention: Military and Civilian Capabilities
Selling it to Uncle Sam: ESDP and Trans-Atlantic Relations
Towards a European Strategic Culture?
Back to the Front? The EU's Overseas Missions
The Major Challenges Ahead
