France and the construction of Europe, 1944-2007 : the geopolitical imperative / Michael Sutton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sutton, Michael, author.

Series:

Berghahn monographs in French studies.

Berghahn monographs in French studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

France--Foreign relations--1945-.

France.

France--Politics and government--1945-.

France--Foreign relations--European Union countries.

European Union countries--Foreign relations--France.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (380 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the second half of the twentieth century France played the greatest role - even greater than Germany's - in shaping what eventually became the European Union. By the early twenty-first century, however, in a hugely transformed Europe, this era had patently come to an end. This comprehensive history shows how France coupled the pursuit of power and the furtherance of European integration over a sixty-year period, from the close of the Second World War to the hesitation caused by the French electorate's referendum rejection of the European Union's constitutional treaty in 2005.

Contents:

FRANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF EUROPE, 1944-2007; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; INTRODUCTION: DE GAULLE'S SHADOW; Part I. THE POST-WAR ASSERTION OF LEADERSHIP IN CONTINENTAL WESTERN EUROPE; Chapter 1. BEFORE THE SCHUMAN PLAN; Chapter 2. POOLING COAL AND STEEL; Chapter 3. GERMAN REARMAMENT AND MILITARY SECURITY; Chapter 4. THE GAULLIST VISION OF THE ATLANTIC ALLIANCE AND EUROPEAN UNION; Part II. THE COMMON MARKET AND THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY; Chapter 5. THE BENELUX INITIATIVE AND THE FORMATION OF THE COMMON MARKET

Chapter 6. MOVING FROM DIRIGISME TO QUALIFIED ECONOMIC LIBERALISMPart III. PRESERVING POWER AND SECURITY AFTER DE GAULLE; Chapter 7. EUROPEAN POLITICAL INTEGRATION UP TO THE COLD WAR'S CLOSE; Chapter 8. OPPOSITION TO GERMAN MONETARY HEGEMONY; Chapter 9. GEOPOLITICAL UPHEAVAL AND THE MAASTRICHT TREATY; Chapter 10. POST-YALTA AND POST-MAASTRICHT EUROPE; EPILOGUE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 22, 2014).

ISBN:

9780857452924

0857452924

OCLC:

1176304035