Europe's High Speed Trains

MITCHELL P. STROHL is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the American University of Paris. He is the author of The International Law of Bays (1963) and a contributor to Akaha's International Handbook of Transportation Policy (Greenwood, 1990). He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Boston University, and he received his doctorate from the Fletcher School of Tufts University.

• Maps Foreword by Michel Walrave Preface and Acknowledgments Europe: The Map and the Economy Time in Transportation, Speed on Railways Japan's Shinkansen: Where It All Began France and the Train a Grande Vitesse The Channel Tunnel, the London Problem, the United Kingdom Italy, the Direttissime, Sistema Ad Alta Velocita Germany and the Intercity Express The European High Speed Train Network, the Alpine Wall, Switzerland, and Austria Iberia and the Spanish Tren de Alta Velocidad North and East and Elsewhere Bibliography Index