ABSTRACT
Numerous good books and articles exist on US-West European history but there is no comprehensive study dealing specifically with US-EC relations in historical perspective. The most often-heard position was that a unified Europe would create trade discrimination against the United States. By 1946, tensions with the Soviet Union led to a reevaluation of the main objectives of American international policy. The Cold War, especially after the beginning of the Korean War, increased American interest in developing European integration as a tool against the Soviet Union. In America, the European Coal and Steel Community was welcomed as the first stage toward a United States of Europe. The history of American policy toward the European unification process cannot be understood without taking into account the role played by Jean Morrnet. The American vision of European Atomic Energy Community was essentially peaceful. It was symptomatic that the Americans encouraged the Six members by promising to sell uranium at a very low price.
