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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giauque, Jeffrey Glen.

Series:

New Cold War history.

The New Cold War history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--Europe--History--20th century.

National security.

Europe--Relations--United States.

Europe.

United States--Relations--Europe.

United States.

European Economic Community.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-312) and index.

ISBN:

9798890873606

9780807860175

0807860174

OCLC:

476236719