Max Kohnstamm

A European´s Life and Work
Nomos, 1. Edition 2011, 186 Pages
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Max Kohnstamm (*1914) is a pioneer of post-war European unification. As Jean Monnet’s right-hand man he was closely involved in the establishment and design of the European Union (EU) as we know it today. Up to the present day he devotes himself to a solid European and international community of law, aimed at effectively banning unilateral power aspirations and interstate violence. As a surviver of Hitler’s ‘Nacht und Nebel’ the young Dutch diplomat and former secretary to Queen Wilhelmina found himself both impressed and greatly inspired by Monnet’s campaign for supranationally organising the states of Europe as an alternative for war. Kohnstamm acted as secretary-general of the ‘first European government’, the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community. In 1956 he left office to assist Monnet and the latter’s Action Committee for the United States of Europe. The two men constituted a team that exerted far-reaching influence behind the scenes of European and global diplomacy. In 1974 Kohnstamm became the first president of the European University Institute in Florence. In later years he played a remarkable role in Jacques Delors’ policy drive for completing the EU’s Common Market.
Anjo G. Harryvan and Jan van der Harst lecture and publish on foreign affairs and European integration.
Bibliographical data
Bibliographical data
Edition 1
ISBN 978-3-8329-5810-7
Subtitle A European´s Life and Work
Publication Date Sep 15, 2011
Year of Publication 2011
Publisher Nomos
Format Softcover
Language englisch
Pages 186
Medium Book
Product Type Scientific literature
Reviews
»Für einen ersten Einstieg ist das mit einem Lebenslauf Kohnstamms, Abkürzungs-, Quellen- und Literaturnachweis sowie Personenregister ausgestattete Werk nahezu ideal.«
Michael Gehler, www.sehepunkte.de Januar 2013

»Harryvan und van der Haarst verbinden mit der leicht verständlichen und klar geschriebenen Biografie von Max Kohnstamm eine kurze Einführung in die Geschichte des europäischen Integrationsprozesses.«
Jürgen Nielsen-Sikora, www.hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de Juli 2012
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