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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822972703321

Autore

Giauque Jeffrey Glen

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2002

ISBN

979-88-908736-0-6

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

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.