Who Wrote the Memoirs of Jean Monnet?

Clifford P. Hackett has spent his lifetime in international work including ten years in the Foreign Service and more than a dozen in foreign policy roles on Capitol Hill. He has written Cautious Revolution: The European Union Arrives and co-authored and edited Jean Monnet: The Path to European Unity and Monnet and the Americans. His most recent book is A Jean Monnet Chronology: Origins of the European Union in the Life of a Founder. He has written many articles on the congressional role in foreign policy and numerous reports for congressional committees. He studied philosophy and history at St. Louis University and modern history at Yale University.

Introduction and Acknowledgments – The Memoirs in Monnet’s Life – Origins of the Memoirs: Four Views – Preparing the Way – Watching the Process – Monnet’s Thoughts with the Memoirs Underway – The Collaboration: Reflections of Francois Fontaine – Chronology – Some Interesting Details – Postscript – Sources and Abbreviations – Index.