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Conservative views on Europe in the late 1940s should notbe seen though the prism of later Conservative antagonisms towards the Continent. Although at the time no hard and fast divisions in attitudes to European integration were apparent to the active participants, Conservatives could be divided into three general categories. Composition of these groups tended to shift according to the international climate, and as die debate became focused upon specific proposals.
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Onslow, S. (1997). Conservative attitudes to European integration. In: Backbench Debate within the Conservative Party and its Influence on British Foreign Policy, 1948–57. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230378940_2
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