Harold Wilson and Europe - Pursuing Britain's Membership of the European Community

Informationen zum Autor Melissa Pine is Assistant Professor in European History at Longwood University! Virginia. Zusammenfassung The second British application to join the European Communities (EC) was made during Harold Wilson's second Labour government. It ended in failure with French President Charles de Gaulle's veto in November 1967. Harold Wilson and Europe traces the development of Britain's policy towards the EC from the veto to the end of Wilson's government in June 1970. Based on detailed archival research! Melissa Pine traces Wilson's efforts to forge stronger bonds with EC states while managing both a cabinet divided on the issue! and a complex broader foreign policy. This fascinating insight into the Wilson government reveals Wilson's early diplomacy was vital for the Conservatives' successful negotiation of British entry into the EC by 1973. Pine concludes that Wilson was personally committed to securing membership! and that he and key members of his government played a crucial role in securing the UK's eventual membership of the EC. Inhaltsverzeichnis TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroductionChapter One: 1964- 1967Approaching EuropeChapter Two: November- December 1967Reacting to the vetoChapter Three: January- February 1968New Ideas for ‘skirmishes around the citadel’Chapter Four: March- September 1968A war of attritionChapter Five: October 1968- January 1969Progress- without France?Chapter Six: February- April 1969The ‘Soames affair’ and its aftermathChapter Seven: April- December 1969After de Gaulle: the veto is liftedChapter Eight: January- June 1970Towards negotiationsConclusionsAppendix: dramatis personaeBibliography

Product details

• Authors: Melissa Pine
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.10.2012
• EAN: 9781780760377
• ISBN: 978-1-78076-037-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: International Library of Polit
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education