Dealing with Britain: The Six and the First UK Application to the EEC (Cambridge Studies in International Relations, Series Number 56) - Softcover

Ludlow, N. Piers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521595363 ISBN 13: 9780521595360

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Synopsis

Britain's 1961 application was the first time that the European Community was obliged to consider a membership application from one of its neighbors. Piers Ludlow's study challenges traditional views of the British application and casts new light on the way in which the EEC responded to the challenge of enlargement. The book provides an original analysis of a crucial chapter in European history, and offers important insights into differing conceptions of the European Community that remain relevant to contemporary debates.

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Review

"Dealing with Britain is unequivocally centered on the deals struck, or not struck, in Brussels between 1961 and 1963. As such it provides an excellent and authoritative analysis of the state of the EC in that period and makes an important contribution to the burgeoning school of EC history." Andrew P. Geddes, American Political Science Review

"Ludlow's book...provides an excellent historical analysis useful to anyone interested in the evolution of the EEC or in the dynamics of international interactions generally." Choice

"Ludlow's main contribution is to the history of the European Community." James Ellison, Albion

"Ludlow tells his story well, in a clear and accessible style. The main arguments and contentions are brought together effectively in a concluding chapter which will form a useful addition to reading lists." American Historical Review

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521595363
• ISBN 13: 9780521595360
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300