Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 The Contemporary ""Demand"" for a European Pillar: Origins and Complications; 2 The US Commitment to European Security; 3 The Franco-German Security Conundrum: A Conceptual and Historical Overview; 4 ""Le nucléaire ne se partage pas"": The Puzzle of a European Nuclear Deterrent; 5 Watch on the Elbe? France and the Conventional Defense of Germany; 6 The Elusive European Defense Industrial Base; 7 After the Wall: France, Germany, and the Variable Geometry of European Security; Index