Building Postwar Europe

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxviii

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2. In Search of a European Consciousness: French Military Elites and the Idea of Europe, 1947–54

   • Claude d’Abzac-Epezy, Philippe Vial

   Pages 1-20

3. The French Administrative Elite and the Unification of Western Europe, 1947–58

   • Gérard Bossuat

   Pages 21-37

4. German Decision-Making Elites and European Integration: German ‘Europolitik’ during the Years of the EEC and Free Trade Area Negotiations

   • Sabine Lee

   Pages 38-54

5. The Approaches to European Institution-Building of Carlo Sforza, Italian Foreign Minister, 1947–51

   • Marion Miller

   Pages 55-69

6. The British Military View of European Security, 1945–50

   • Paul Cornish

   Pages 70-86

7. British Officials and European Integration, 1944–60

   • John W. Young

   Pages 87-106

8. ‘A Conditional Application’: British Management of the First Attempt to Seek Membership of the EEC, 1961–3

   • Anne Deighton, Piers Ludlow

   Pages 107-126

9. Belgian Decision-Makers and European Unity, 1945–63

   • Thierry Grosbois, Yves Stelandre

   Pages 127-140

10. ‘Longing for London’: The Netherlands and the Political Cooperation Initiative, 1959–62

    • Bernard Bouwman

    Pages 141-158

11. European Integration: An American Intelligence Connection

    • Richard J. Aldrich

    Pages 159-179

12. Back Matter

    Pages 180-187

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Controversy surrounds the construction of postwar European institutions. Did West European states simply respond to American pressure and Cold-War politics? How important was federalist idealism, as opposed to economic and power political factors to decision-makers? These studies, by an international team of historians, examine the motivations of national political leaders and their officials. Topics covered include British and French officials, European integration and military policies; German, Italian, Belgian and Dutch attitudes; Britain and the first attempt to join the EEC; and the covert relationship between the USA and the European federalists.

• Britain
• Europe
• European Institutions
• European Integration
• European security

• University of Oxford, UK

  Anne Deighton

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