  We consider a nonlocal version of the NJL model, based on a separable
quark-quark interaction. The interaction is extended to include terms that bind
vector and axial-vector mesons. The nonlocality means that no further regulator
is required. Moreover the model is able to confine the quarks by generating a
quark propagator without poles at real energies. Working in the ladder
approximation, we calculate amplitudes in Euclidean space and discuss features
of their continuation to Minkowski energies. Conserved currents are constructed
and we demonstrate their consistency with various Ward identities. Various
meson masses are calculated, along with their strong and electromagnetic decay
amplitudes. We also calculate the electromagnetic form factor of the pion, as
well as form factors associated with the processes gamma gamma^* to pi^0 and
omega to pi^0 gamma^*. The results are found to lead to a satisfactory
phenomenology and lend some dynamical support to the idea of vector-meson
dominance.
