Operation ECLIPSE -- The diplomatic path to September 12 1950 -- The military path to September 12 1950 -- From EDF to EDC to NATO -- 1954-1955, EDC defeated, "German problem" solved -- Epilogue: The role of the three U.S. military services -- Appendix A: The European Advisory Commission (EAC) -- Appendix B: Operation ECLIPSE memoranda -- Appendix C: Eradication of Nazism and militarism -- Appendix D: US-approved Draft Directives of the US Joint Advisors to the US Representative to the European Advisory Commission -- Appendix E: The Himmerod Conference and the Bonn report -- Appendix F: Acheson's "single package" -- Appendix G: The great debate