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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Daddow, Oliver J., 1974-

Institute of Contemporary British History.

Series:

Cass series--British foreign and colonial policy 1456-5013

Cass series--British foreign and colonial policy, 1456-5013

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wilson, Harold, 1916-1995.

Wilson, Harold.

Great Britain--Politics and government.

Great Britain.

Politics and government.

European Union countries--Politics and government.

European Union countries.

European Union.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xvii, 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2003.

Contents:

1 Introduction: The Historiography of Wilson's Attempt to Take Britain into the EEC / Oliver J. Daddow 1

Part I The Domestic Context

2 The Labour Party, Public Opinion and the 'Second Try' in 1967 / Anne Deighton 39

3 The Conservatives and the Wilson Application / Philip Lynch 56

4 Gone Native: The Foreign Office and Harold Wilson's Policy Towards the EEC, 1964-67 / Helen Parr 75

5 Technological Cooperation in Wilson's Strategy for EEC Entry / John W. Young 95

6 The Confederation of British Industry and European Integration in the 1960s / Neil Rollings 115

Part II The External Context

7 A Short-Term Defeat: The Community Institutions and the Second British Application to Join the EEC / N. Piers Ludlow 135

8 John Bull v. Marianne, Round Two: Anglo-French Relations and Britain's Second EEC Membership Bid / Anthony Adamthwaite 151

9 Dealing with de Gaulle: Anglo-American Relations, NATO and the Second Application / James Ellison 172

10 From Imperial Power to Regional Powers: Commonwealth Crises and the Second Application / Philip Alexander 188

11 'We Too Mean Business': Germany and the Second British Application to the EEC, 1966-67 / Katharina Bohmer 211

12 Ireland and Britain's Second Application to Join the EEC / Jane Toomey 227

13 Conclusion: The Ironies of 'Successful Failure' / Peter Catterall 243

Appendix I Labour Cabinet Members, October 1964-June 1970 253

Appendix II Chronology of European Integration and the British Approach, 1964-70 257.

Notes:

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

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-281) and index.

ISBN:

0714652229

0714682071

OCLC:

49285621