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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797928803321

Titolo

Harold Wilson and European integration : Britain's second application to join the EEC / / edited by Oliver J. Daddow ; with a foreword by Baroness Williams of Crosby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-317-95799-7

1-315-86553-X

1-317-95798-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 p.)

Collana

Cass Series : British Foreign and Colonial Policy, , 1456-5013

Altri autori (Persone)

DaddowOliver J. <1974->

Disciplina

337.1/42/094109046

Soggetti

Great Britain Politics and government Congresses

European Union countries Politics and government Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 2003 in Great Britain by Frank Cass Publishers.

Based on papers presented at a conference held in association with the Institute of Contemporary British History, Jan. 2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: The Historiography of Wilson's Attempt to Take Britain into the EEC; PART I: THE DOMESTIC CONTEXT ; 2 The Labour Party, Public Opinion and the 'Second Try' in 1967; 3 The Conservatives and the Wilson Application; 4 Gone Native: The Foreign Office and Harold Wilson's Policy Towards the EEC, 1964-67; 5 Technological Cooperation in Wilson's Strategy for EEC Entry; 6 The Confederation of British Industry and European Integration in the 1960s

PART II: THE EXTERNAL CONTEXT7 A Short-Term Defeat: The Community Institutions and the Second British Application to Join the EEC; 8 John Bull v. Marianne, Round Two: Anglo-French Relations and Britain's Second EEC Membership Bid; 9 Dealing with de Gaulle: Anglo-American Relations, NATO and the Second Application; 10 From Imperial Power to Regional Powers: Commonwealth Crises and the Second Application; 11 'We Too Mean Business': Germany and the Second British Application to the EEC, 1966-67; 12 Ireland and Britain's Second Application to Join the EEC



13 Conclusion: The Ironies of 'Successful Failure'Appendix I: Labour Cabinet Members, October 1964-June 1970; Appendix II: Chronology of European Integration and the British Approach, 1964-70; Bibliography; Index