The history of the European CommunityEuropean Unions ECEU development is a narrative of crises generated and resolved. To date the resolution of crises in community affairs has furthered European integration. The characteristic pattern of integration is dialecticaltwo steps forward and one step backwith crises both accounting for the steps backward and forward. This book examines why the crises were constructively resolved rather than the often explored how of the resolutions.This work contends that European myths which emerged from Europes cataclysmic experiences in World War I and II cement the member states within the ECEU and lead to greater social economic and political integration with the ECEU. During the periodic crises the European myths have eliminated every choice except the choice to move European integration forward. Professor SamSang Jos analysis argues that once the European myths weaken the tensions among EU member states are likely to escalate.