The Community of Europe : a History of European Integration Since 1945

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This hugely successful history of political and economic integration in Western Europe since the Second World War -- and especially, but by no means exclusively, the European Community itself -- was first published in 1991, to general acclaim. Since then much turbulent water has flowed under the bridges of Maastricht and Strasbourg. Now, in this welcome Second Edition, Derek Urwin has brought the story fully up to date, with an account of developments since 1991 and an assessment of the mood and prospects of Europe and the Community today Content: Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Abbreviations and Acronyms Editorial Foreword Chapter One. The Persisting Idea of Europe The inter-waryears The impact of World War II Chapter Two. The Cold War, the United States and Europe Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan Economic cooperation: OEEC NATO: The military alliance Chapter Three. The Opening Gambits Towards the Hague Congress The British view Political association: The Council of Europe Experiments in economic integration Chapter Four. The European Coal and Steel Community The Schuman Plan. The ECSC: Establishment and structureThe ECSC in operation Chapter Five. The Road to Rome Failed communities Western European Union New departures The Community of Europe Chapter Six. The European Economic Community The Treaty of Rome: Objectives and structures The EEC in operation Chapter Seven. The Europe of the Seven Britain in the wings The European Free Trade Association Chapter Eight. De Gaulle and the EEC The Fouchet Plan The 1965 Crisis The Luxembourg Compromise Chapter Nine. The Question of Enlargement The reversal of British policy The first applications. The second applicationsChapter Ten. Movement on all Fronts Setting up the Common Agricultural Policy Towards new political directions Enlargement at last Chapter Eleven. The Revival of Ambition The search for political cooperation Policy objectives old and new Economic and monetary union The momentum falters Chapter Twelve. The Emergence of Summitry The changed institutional matrix The European Council Chapter Thirteen. The Internal Policy World of the EC From EMU to EMS The budget and the burden of the CAP Policy developments. Chapter Fourteen. Problems of Territorial AssimilationThe departure of Greenland Britain and the budget The southern enlargement Chapter Fifteen. The Search for Political Integration European political cooperation The quest for political union Chapter Sixteen. Towards 1992 The Single European Act The road to Maastricht Chapter Seventeen. An Ever Closer Union? New horizons, old debates The Maastricht treaty The threads unravel Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Appendix 4 Appendix 5 A Guide to Further Reading Map showing the growth of the European Economic Community Index.