European Integration. Mark Gilbert
European Integration
A Political History
Second Edition
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Mark Gilbert
Johns Hopkins University
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Names: Gilbert, Mark, 1961- author.
Title: European integration : a political history / Mark Gilbert, Johns Hopkins University.
Description: Second edition. | Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020003479 (print) | LCCN 2020003480 (ebook) | ISBN 9781538106808 (cloth) | ISBN 9781538106815 (paperback) | ISBN 9781538106822 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: European Union—History. | European Union countries—Politics and government. | Europe—Economic integration—History.
Classification: LCC JN30 .G55 2020 (print) | LCC JN30 (ebook) | DDC 341.242/2—dc23
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Contents
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1 Cover
2 Title
4 Contents
9 2 The Ideal of European Unity The Age of Nations World War II The Marshall Plan and the OEEC The Quest for Unity The Council of Europe
10 3 The Europe of the Six: From the Schuman Plan to the Western European Union, 1950–55 The Question of Germany The Schuman Declaration The Coal and Steel Community The Defense Community
11 4 From Messina to Rome, 1955–58 Trading Places The Spaak Report From Venice to Rome The Treaties of Rome: March 25, 1957 Interpreting Integration
12 5 In the Shadow of the General: De Gaulle and the EEC, 1958–66 The EEC’s First Four Years The “Union of States” The First British Negotiation for Entry The “Empty Chair” Crisis and the Luxembourg Compromise
13 6 Weathering Storms, 1967–74 A World Trading Power and Its Grain Mountain The Hague Summit and Its Consequences From Six to Nine Monetary Turmoil, 1971–74 Transatlantic Headwinds
14 7 Consolidation and Innovation, 1974–79