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Grand designs and visions of unity : the Atlantic powers and the reorganization of Western Europe, 1955-1963 /

In the late 1950s, against the unfolding backdrop of the Cold War, American and European leaders began working to reshape Western Europe. Focusing on the four largest Atlantic powers - Britain, France, Germany and the United States - Giauque explores these early stages of European integration.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Giauque, Jeffrey Glen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2002.
Series:New Cold War history.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Origins and Development of the Common Market, 1955-1960; 2. The European and American Rejection of Britain's Alternatives to the Common Market, 1956-1960; 3. Adenauer, De Gaulle, and the Formation of the Franco-German Entente, 1958-1960; 4. The Atlantic Community and the Role of the United States in Western Europe, 1959-1963; 5. De Gaulle and the Rise and Fall of the Fouchet Plan, 1958-1963; 6. Britain's Application to the Common Market, 1961-1963; 7. Adenauer, De Gaulle, and the Franco-German Treaty of 1963; Conclusion.