ABSTRACT
This is the second volume of a series which examines the impact of the European Union on its member states. It shares with the others in the series the aim of evaluating the ways, if any, in which the process of European integration has impacted on both the substance of national policy and the way in which that policy is made. The volume on industrial policy (Kassim and Menon 1996) pointed out how little work has been done on the subject of the effects of integration on the state. This is, if anything, all the more true of defence. The vast majority of studies carried out on the relationship between defence and integration concentrate solely on the moves made towards the creation of a European defence identity, ignoring the question of whether achievements to date have exercised an impact on the national level.
