British Policy towards France, 1945–51
British Policy towards France, 1945–51

Author: Roger Woodhouse

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1996-02-12

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1349243000

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An account based on British archival sources of the search for a co-ordinated Anglo-French programme of economic recovery which would define the shape of postwar Europe. The pursuit of this goal is traced against the background of the Cold War, the provision of American economic aid and the revival of German industry. It is demonstrated how the emergence of these factors led France to turn instead to European integration on the model of the Schuman Plan.

British Policy Towards France, 1945-51
British Policy Towards France, 1945-51

Author: Roger Woodhouse

Publisher: Macmillan Pub Limited

Published: 1995-01-01

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 9780333637371

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With the Allied victory in 1945 came a determination to find a new way of conducting relations between the European states based on trust and cooperation. Two nations in particular had the prestige and moral authority to give a lead which others would follow. Britain and France had kept faith with each other through the dark years of the war. Now they faced together the challenge of building a brighter future. As new governments in both countries embraced the principle of economic planning there were hopes that a united Europe might develop naturally from a co-ordinated Anglo-French programme of post-war recovery. Complications arose as the reviving industrial heartlands of defeated Germany found a key role in the Western half of a world divided by the Cold War. How the paths of Britain and France diverged and a different kind of Europe was born is the subject of this book.

Britain and European Unity, 1945-1992
Britain and European Unity, 1945-1992

Author: John W. Young

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 9780333550441

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This study is an historical study of British policy towards European integration from World War II to the creation of the Single European Market. Whilst focusing on government policy, the book also deals with changes of attitude among pressure groups, the press and public opinion. the European unity movement, but also to the debates on the subject among politicians, political scientists and historians. It is based upon a full survey of the available historical archives, as well as the memoirs of diaries of those involved in events. A concluding essay analyzes why Britain is a reluctant European. Other works by John W. Young include Britain, France and the Unity of Europe, 1945-51, France, the Cold War and the Western Alliance, 1944-49 and Cold War Europe, 1945-89.

Britain and European Unity, 1945-1999
Britain and European Unity, 1945-1999

Author: John W. Young

Publisher: Palgrave

Published: 2000-05-19

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 9780333741115

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This book provides a lucid and comprehensive survey of British policy towards European integration from 1929, when a French foreign minister first suggested a European Federation, to 1999, when the single currency, the Euro, was launched. Fully revised and updated, this second edition explains why Britain did not become a founder member of the European Community in the 1950s, what motivated the French to prevent Britain from joining in the 1960s and why, since 1973, most British governments have found it hard to commit to a European future.