Using Europe, abusing the Europeans Britain and European integration, 1945-63 /
'An outstanding book about the wars before the beef war - a compelling analysis written from a most valuable multilateral perspective of Britain's loss of the political leadership of Western Europe and her vain struggle to regain it. Compulsory reading for anybody interested in the history...
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Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Contemporary history in context |
Subjects: |
EU & European institutions
> c 1960 to c 1970
> c 1960 to c 1970
> EU (European Union).
> EU (European Union).
Central government policies
> c 1960 to c 1970
> c 1960 to c 1970
> EU (European Union).
> EU (European Union).
British & Irish history
> c 1960 to c 1970
> c 1960 to c 1970
> EU (European Union).
> EU (European Union).
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https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9780230511095 |
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'An outstanding book about the wars before the beef war - a compelling analysis written from a most valuable multilateral perspective of Britain's loss of the political leadership of Western Europe and her vain struggle to regain it. Compulsory reading for anybody interested in the history and future of the European Union.' - Professor Werner Abelshauser, University of Bielefeld, Germany. |
Item Description: |
Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780333649428, 1999. |
Carrier Form: | 312 p. |
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9780333649428 9780230511095 : 0230511090 : |
CLC: | D856.12 |
Contents: | Preface to the 1999 Reprint General Editor's Foreword Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Building and Defending a British Europe, 1945-55 What Bus? The Messina Conference, 1955 Best of all Worlds: The Free Trade Area Plan, 1956-7 Makeshift Solution: From FTA to EFTA, 1958-9 Dual Appeasement: Towards the EEC Application, 1960-1-- From Laggard to Leader?-- The Bomb and Europe Failure, yet Success: the EEC Entry Negotiations, 1961-3 Epilogue: Britain and European Integration, 1963-96 Notes Bibliography Index. |