The Rise and Fall of a National Strategy, 1945-63

Abstract

Part 1 National strategy. Part 2 Western Europe and the United Kingdom's future, 1945-50. Part 3 The United Kingdom and the Schuman Plan, 1950: first reactions to Schuman's proposal the rejection of the Schuman proposal should participation in the Schuman plan have been rejected?. Part 4 The European defence community and the European political community, 1950-54: proposals for a European defence community reaction to the ECD proposals defining a policy towards the federation debate and division within the Conservative party the European defence community treaty the European political authority the collapse of the defence community. Part 5 Association with the European coal and steel community, 1950-55: debating association coming to terms with the Treaty of Paris the treaty of association with the ECSC. Part 6 United Kingdom agriculture and Europe - the green pool. Part 7 The decision not to join the European economic community, 1953-55: the origins of the common market the choice before Britain the United Kingdom and the Spaak committee the decision not to join the European economic community. Part 8 Euratom. Part 9 Responding to the common market - the boundaries of political possibility, 1955-56: the search for a response to the common market the free trade area proposal - plan G the Suez crisis and plan G. Part 10 The failure of the free trade area proposal: the constraints of domestic politics commercial issues - trade in manufactures agriculture and the free trade area proposal the USA, free trade area and the common market. Part 11 The decision to apply for membership of the European communities, 1959-61: the meaning and timing of the decision who made the decision?. Part 12 The disintegration of a national strategy, 1961-63 - Britain and the world: preserving British influence? the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth and the EEC negotiating for the Commonwealth relinquishing the Commonwealth suzerainty, economic development and international trading systems - the unattainable vision the disintegration of a national strategy - Britain and the world paying for the community - British agriculture, food supply and the common agricultural policy. Part 13 Questions of sovereignty: national sovereignty and parliamentary sovereignty sovereignty and the common market - labour mobility sovereignty and the common market - welfare and taxation. Part 14 De Gaulle's veto -its causes and significance.