Rise and Fall of a National Strategy vol. 1

Zusatztext 'Examines the documentary evidence dispassionately and reaches conclusions which not only illuminate a crucial period of British history but are also relevant to today"s debates about Britain"s place in the world.' - The Sunday Telegraph'This is an important addition to our knowledge of the recent past. No member of either house of parliament is fit to vote on British entry into the Euro without having mastered this book.' - Spectator'Alan Milward is the first scholar to make extensive! unrestricted use of official documents of all kinds to chart the evolution of British attitudes towards Europe ... The Rise and Fall of a National Strategy is consistently gripping and illuminating.' - TLS Informationen zum Autor Alan s. Milward Klappentext This text analyzes British official thinking behind the UK's standing aloof from the moves after 1945 towards European economic collaboration, leading to the establishment of ECSC and the EEC in the 1950s. It deals with the later change of tack (1961), covers the organization in Whitehall for the negotiations with the Communities, and the major problem areas - the Commonwealth, British agriculture, financial implications of British membership, sovereignty, and the future of EFTA. Zusammenfassung This text analyzes British official thinking behind the UK's standing aloof from the moves after 1945 towards European economic collaboration, leading to the establishment of ECSC and the EEC in the 1950s. Inhaltsverzeichnis

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alan S. Milward, Milward Alan S
• Con la collaborazione di: Alan S. Milward (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2002
• EAN: 9780714651118
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-5111-8
• Pagine: 532
• Dimensioni: 164 mm x 241 mm x 33 mm
• Serie: Government Official History Se; Government Official History Series; Government Official History Se
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia; European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, EU (European Union), International institutions, EU & European institutions