Coal, Steel, and the Rebirth of Europe, 1945-1955 - The Germans and French From Ruhr Conflict to Economic Community

Zusammenfassung This is the first large-scale historical investigation of the critical first stage of European integration! the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). It describes the American-inspired vision of Jean Monnet! who designed the heavy industry pool! and lays bare the pool's operating mechanisms. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Mending a broken world: coal and steel diplomacy between the wars; 2. The greater and lesser wars; 3. From Morgenthau plan to Schuman plan: the allies and the Ruhr, 1944-1950; 4. Neither restoration nor reform: the dark ages of German heavy industry; 5. The end of the war against Germany: the coal-steel pool as treaty settlement; 6. The success of a failure: the European Coal and Steel Community in action, 1952-1955; Conclusion.

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• Authors: John Gillingham, John (University of Missouri Gillingham, Gillingham John, Gillingham John
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.06.2004
• EAN: 9780521524308
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52430-8
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Political Economy, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, EU (European Union), c 1940 to c 1949, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), International institutions, C 1945 To C 1960