The Community of Europe

Part 1 The persisting idea of Europe: the inter-war years; the impact of World War 11. Part 2 The Cold War, the United States and Europe: Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan; economic cooperation - OEEC; NATO - the military alliance. Part 3 The opening gambits: the Hague Congress; the British views; political association - the Council of Europe; experiments in economic integration. Part 4 The European Coal and Steel community: The Schuman Plan; the ECSC - establishment and structure; the ECSC in operation. Part 5 The Road to Rome: failed communities; Western European Union; new departures. Part 6 The European Economic Community: the Treaty of Rome - objectives and structures; the EEC in operation. Part 7 The Europe of the Seven; Britain in the wings; the European Free Trade Association. Part 8 De Gaulle and the EEC: the Fouchet Plan; the 1965 crisis; the Luxembourg compromise. Part 9 The question of enlargement: the reversal of British policy: the first applications; the second applications. Part 10 Movement on all fronts: setting up of the Common Agricultural Policy; towards new political directions; enlargement at last. Part 11 The revival of ambition: the search for political directions; policy objectives old and new; economic and monetary union; the momentum falters. Part 12 The emergence of summitry: the changed institutional matrix; the European Council. Part 13 the internal policy world of the EC: from EMU to EMS; the budget and the burden of the CAP; policy developments. Part 14 Problems of territorial assimilation: the departure of Greenland; Britain and the budget; the southern enlargement. Part 15 The search for political integration: European political cooperation; the quest for political union. Part 16 Towards 1992: the Single European Act; 1992 - symbol and reality.