Using the European Defence Community (EDC) as a case study, this book examines the competing and often conflicting view of the British and American governments towards European integration in the early 1950s. The ECD finally collapsed in 1954 and was succeeded by the Western European Union. Series: Cold War History. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485. . 2000. 2000th Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: The Rise and Fall of the European Defence Community: Anglo-American Relations and the Crisis of European Defence, 1950-55
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Date: 2000
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0333913191
ISBN 13: 9780333913192
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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Using the European Defence Community (EDC) as a case-study, this book examines the competing and often conflicting view of the British and American governments towards European integration in the early 1950s. The British, fearing an 'agonizing reappraisal' of the American defence commitment to Europe if the supranational EDC failed, went to great lengths to ensure the success of the scheme. When, despite these efforts, the EDC finally collapsed in August 1954, NATO was plunged into arguably the most severe crisis in its history. The crisis also possessed an Anglo-American dimension, with London and Washington badly divided on how it should be resolved. In the end, the British were instrumental in the creation of the Western European Union as a successor to the EDC. Their crisis management, however, had been rooted in fear of the 'agonizing reappraisal', a danger dismissed by many historians as exaggerated but which the British, in 1954, were perhaps right to take seriously.

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Kevin Ruane is Principal Lecturer in History, Canterbury Christchurch University College.

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