The Rise and Fall of a National Strategy
The UK and The European Community: Volume 1
Published on 11. January 2013
528 pages
978-1-136-33539-6 (ISBN)
Description
This text analyzes British official thinking behind the UK's standing aloof from the moves after 1945 towards European economic collaboration, leading to the establishment of ECSC and the EEC in the 1950s. It deals with the later change of tack (1961), covers the organization in Whitehall for the negotiations with the Communities, and the major problem areas - the Commonwealth, British agriculture, financial implications of British membership, sovereignty, and the future of EFTA.
Reviews / Votes
'Examines the documentary evidence dispassionately and reaches conclusions which not only illuminate a crucial period of British history but are also relevant to today"s debates about Britain"s place in the world.' - The Sunday Telegraph'This is an important addition to our knowledge of the recent past. No member of either house of parliament is fit to vote on British entry into the Euro without having mastered this book.' - Spectator
'Alan Milward is the first scholar to make extensive, unrestricted use of official documents of all kinds to chart the evolution of British attitudes towards Europe ... The Rise and Fall of a National Strategy is consistently gripping and illuminating.' - TLS
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
2,89 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-136-33539-6 (9781136335396)
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12/2012
1st Edition
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04/2002
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€233.70
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Person
Alan s. Milward
Content
Chapter 1 National Strategy; Chapter 2 Western Europe and the United Kingdom's Future, 1945-50; Chapter 3 The United Kingdom and the Schuman Plan, 1950; Chapter 4The European Defence Community and the EuropeanPolitical Community, 1950-54; Chapter 5 Association with the European Coal and Steel Community, 1950-55; Chapter 6 United Kingdom Agriculture and Europe: The Green Pool; Chapter 7 The Decision Not to Join the European Economic Community, 1953-55; Chapter 8 Euratom; Chapter 9 Responding to the Common Market: The Boundaries of Political Possibility, 1955-56; Chapter 10 The Failure of the Free Trade Area Proposal; Chapter 11 The Decision to Apply for Membership of the European Communities, 1959-61; Chapter 12 The Disintegration of a National Strategy, 1961-63:Britain and the World; Chapter 13 Questions of Sovereignty; Chapter 14 De Gaulle's Veto: Its Causes and Significance;
