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Britain and European union : dialogue of the deaf / Lord Beloff.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beloff, Max, 1913-1999.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International relations.
- European Union countries--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- European Union countries.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--European Union countries.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 172 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Great Britain : Macmillan Press Ltd. ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1996.
- Summary:
- The forefathers of European union, led by Jean Monnet, hoped to create a 'United States of Europe' with national sovereignties subordinated to a federal government. Few in Britain shared their dream. Yet Britain abandoned her aloof stand of 1950, and eventually joined the European Communities. Lord Beloff asks whether the key figures - Harold Macmillan, Edward Heath and Harold Wilson - knowingly deceived the electorate into thinking that entry could be combined with the country's independence of action and historic constitution, or whether they thought they could persuade continental statesmen from inside of the merits of a much looser structure.
- Notes:
- Based on the author's pamphlet: A tale of two Europes.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-165) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0312161573
- OCLC:
- 34318739
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