Grand designs and visions of unity [[electronic resource] ] : the Atlantic powers and the reorganization of Western Europe, 1955-1963 / / Jeffrey Glen Giauque

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455064103321
• Autore: Giauque Jeffrey Glen
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2002
• ISBN: 0-8078-6017-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (342 p.)
• Collana: The New Cold War history
• Disciplina: 327/.094/09045
• Soggetti: National security - Europe - History - 20th century; Electronic books.; Europe Relations United States; United States Relations Europe
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-312) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Appendix: Chronology Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In the late 1950's, 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.