Max Kohnstamm: A European´s Life and Work

Dr. Anjo G. Harryvan; Prof. Dr. Jan van der Harst

doi:10.5771/9783845232959

Summary

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.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2011
Copyright year: 2011
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-5810-7
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-3295-9
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Veröffentlichungen der Historiker-Verbindungsgruppe bei der Kommission der EG
Volume: 13
Language: English
Pages: 186
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 15 Anjo G. Harryvan, Jan van der Harst
List of Abbreviations No access Pages 16 - 16 Anjo G. Harryvan, Jan van der Harst
1. The parental home, student years and journey to America No access Pages 16 - 42 Anjo G. Harryvan, Jan van der Harst
2. War years No access Pages 42 - 63 Anjo G. Harryvan, Jan van der Harst
1. Private Secretary to Queen Wilhelmina No access Pages 64 - 77 Anjo G. Harryvan, Jan van der Harst
2. The Hirschfeld Bureau and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs No access Pages 77 - 97 Anjo G. Harryvan, Jan van der Harst
1. With Monnet at the High Authority No access Pages 98 - 111 Anjo G. Harryvan, Jan van der Harst
2. Lobbyist for Europe No access Pages 111 - 129 Anjo G. Harryvan, Jan van der Harst
1. Principal of the European University Institute No access Pages 130 - 145 Anjo G. Harryvan, Jan van der Harst
2. The Second Action Committee for Europe No access Pages 145 - 161 Anjo G. Harryvan, Jan van der Harst
Conclusions No access Pages 162 - 166 Anjo G. Harryvan, Jan van der Harst
Max Kohnstamm’s Curriculum Vitae No access Pages 167 - 168 Anjo G. Harryvan, Jan van der Harst
Sources and Literature consulted No access Pages 169 - 178 Anjo G. Harryvan, Jan van der Harst
Index of names No access Pages 179 - 182 Anjo G. Harryvan, Jan van der Harst
Subject index No access Pages 183 - 186 Anjo G. Harryvan, Jan van der Harst