Using Europe, Abusing the Europeans: Britain and European Integration, 1945-63 (Contemporary History in Context) - Softcover

Wolfram Kaiser

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0333776356 ISBN 13: 9780333776353

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1999

Synopsis

British policy towards European integration has been one of the most divisive issues in British politics since 1945. Based on a detailed evaluation of the government records, of the Conservative Party records, private papers and interviews, this book analyzes British European policy between 1945 and de Gaulle's veto against British EEC membership in 1963. It explores, in particular, the ambiguities in Britain's first EEC application of 1961. The epilogue highlights some of the most important continuities in British European policy until the present.

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About the Author

WOLFRAM KAISER is Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Research Fellow and Lecturer at the University of Vienna. He was previously a Research Fellow at the Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut in Essen, Germany and a Lecturer at Edinburgh University. Dr Kaiser has published widely on the history of European integration and on postwar British history.

Review

'An outstanding book about the wars before the beef war - a compelling analysis written from a most valuable multilateral perspective of Britain's loss of the political leadership of Western Europe and her vain struggle to regain it. Compulsory reading for anybody interested in the history and future of the European Union.' - Professor Werner Abelshauser, University of Bielefeld, Germany

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333776356
• ISBN 13: 9780333776353
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312