This documentation on the division and unification of Europe after the Second World War is neither a new history of the Cold War nor of European unification. Instead, it compares and contrasts the various forms and methods of integration in Western and Eastern Europe, of the institutions created on both sides, initially in opposition but then gradually turning towards each other. The 120 documents in this volume follow the historical sequence of events in the decades since the war. They are arranged according to a different periods, equally for East and West, each section accompanied by a short introduction. With this the documents are placed in their relevant political context allowing thus for a better understanding of both their background and their relevance. --- CONTENTS: I. Expectations and Disappointments of the First Post-war Years (1945-1947) II. Europe in the Cold War (1948-1962) III. Consolidation of the Status quo (1963-1972) IV. Détente and Security (1972-1985) V. Change in Europe VI. The Reorganisation of Europe VII. Europe's Future as a Task / Appendix (Tables; The Agencies of the European Union; Selected Bibliography; Index of Persons) --- Curt Gasteyger, born in 1929 in Zurich, worked with the International Commission of Jurists in Geneva (1959-62), as Director of Programmes at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London (1964-68) and Deputy Director of the Atlantic Institute of International Affairs in Paris (1968-1974). Between 1974-1999 he was Professor at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva. He now directs the "Association for the Study and Promotion of International Security" in Geneva.