From Reconstruction to Integration

Part 1 The new Jerusalem, 1945-55: Britain and the Cold War, 1945-55 - an overview, Anne Deighton; Jean Monnet, Europe and the British - a witness account, Richard Mayne; the Second World War and British culture, Kenneth O. Morgan; labour and Europe during the Attlee governments - the image in the mirror of R.W.G. Mackay's "Europe Group", 1945-50, Stefano Dejak; the Third Force in the late 1940s, Sean Greenwood; a search for order - Britain and the origins of a Western European Union, 1944-55, Klaus Larres; British policy in occupied Germany - democratization and social democracy, Eva A. Mayring. Part 2 Britain in search of a role? 1956-73: Britain and the EEC, 1956-73 - an overview, John W. Young; Britain in search of a role, 1957-73; a role in Europe, European integration and Britain - a witness account, Reginald Hibbert; the free trade alternative to the EC - a witness account, Douglas Jay; missing the boat at Messina and other times?, Miriam Camps; to join, or not to join? the "appeasement" policy of Britain's first EEC application, Wolfram Kaiser; winds of change - Britain, Europe and the Commonwealth, 1959-61, Lawrence J. Butler; teaching European history in English secondary schools, 1945-75, Athena Syriatou. Part 3 Britain in the community, 1973-92: the awkward partner - an overview, Stephen George; Harold Wilson and the renegotiation of the EEC terms of membership, 1974-75 - a witness account, Bernard Donoughue; much ado about nothing - the Conservative Party and the social dimension, Daniel Wincott; the whole of Europe - a problem of boundaries, the division of Labour and overlapping forums, Brigid Laffan; the UK and the Exchange Rate Mechanism, 1978-90, Helen Thompson; Britain and European Science, Ros S. Herman.