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This chapter analyzes the history and politics of George Washington's approach toward the slow and cumbersome process of creating a united Europe. It focuses on the decisive turning point in Washington's approach toward the European integration process during the Nixon–Kissinger era. The thoughts and attitudes toward Europe and the wider world as they took shape have had a decisive impact on the following decades. The chapter discusses the Europeans' increasing lack of trust in the US as a reliable ally and the resulting disengagement process that can be traced back to the early 1970s and the Nixon–Kissinger era. The Nixon and Kissinger years constituted a decisive turning point in US support for European unity. |
