Building Postwar Europe: National Decision-Makers and European Institutions, 1948-63

by Anne Deighton (Editor)

Overview

Controversy surrounds the construction of postwar European institutions. Did West European states simply respond to American pressure and Cold-War politics? How important was federalist idealism, as opposed to economic and power political factors to decision-makers? These studies, by an international team of historians, examine the motivations of national political leaders and their officials. Topics covered include British and French officials, European integration and military policies; German, Italian, Belgian and Dutch attitudes; Britain and the first attempt to join the EEC; and the covert relationship between the USA and the European federalists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312125806
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	06/21/1995
Series:	St Antony's Series
Edition description:	1995
Pages:	187
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; A.Deighton - In Search of a European Consciousness: French Military Elites and the Idea of Europe, 1947-54; C.d'Abzac Epezy & P.Vial - The French Administrative Elite and the Unification of Western Europe, 1947-58; G.Bossuat - German Decision-Making Elites and European Integration: German 'Europolitik' during the Years of the EEC and Free Trade Area Negotiations; S.Huth - The Approaches to European Institution Building of Carlo Sforza, Italian Foreign Minister, 1947-51; M.Miller - The British Military View of European Security, 1945-50; P.Cornish - British Officials and European Integration, 1944-60; J.W.Young - 'A Conditional Application': British Management of the First Attempt to Seek Membership of the EEC, 1961-63; A.Deighton & P.Ludlow - Belgian Decision-Makers and European Unity, 1945-63; T.Grosbois & Y.Stelandre - 'Longing for London': The Netherlands and the Political Cooperation Initiative, 1959-62; B.Bouwman - European Integration: An American Intelligence Connection; R.J.Aldrich - Select Bibliography - Index

Editorial Reviews

Historians draw on archival material to query how far the leaders of western Europe simply responded to American pressure and cold war politics as they moved toward increasing integration, whether they were motivated by pure federalist idealism or tainted by desires for wealth and power, and why different governments reacted differently to the newly established institutions. The ten papers were presented at a September 1993 conference in Oxford. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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