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Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this book remains the standard for concise histories of the European Union. Mark Gilbert offers a clear and balanced narrative of European integration since its inception to the present, set in the wider history of the post-war period. Gilbert concludes by considering the Union’s future in light of the mood of crisis that has taken hold in the EU in the aftermath of the global recession, the refugee crisis, and Brexit.

Table of Contents
Ch. 1: Introduction

Ch. 2: The Ideal of European Unity

Ch. 3: The Europe of Six

Ch. 4: From Messina to Rome

Ch. 5: In the Shadow of the General

Ch. 6: Weathering Storms

Ch. 7: Consolidation and Innovation

Ch.8: Widening and Deepening

Ch.9: The Maastricht Compromise

Ch. 10: EUphoria

Ch. 11: The Challenge of the Political

Ch. 12: Brexit

European Integration: A Political History

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      Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
      Publication Date: 19/08/2020
      ISBN13: 9781538106808, 978-1538106808
      ISBN10: 1538106809

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this book remains the standard for concise histories of the European Union. Mark Gilbert offers a clear and balanced narrative of European integration since its inception to the present, set in the wider history of the post-war period. Gilbert concludes by considering the Union’s future in light of the mood of crisis that has taken hold in the EU in the aftermath of the global recession, the refugee crisis, and Brexit.

      Table of Contents
      Ch. 1: Introduction

      Ch. 2: The Ideal of European Unity

      Ch. 3: The Europe of Six

      Ch. 4: From Messina to Rome

      Ch. 5: In the Shadow of the General

      Ch. 6: Weathering Storms

      Ch. 7: Consolidation and Innovation

      Ch.8: Widening and Deepening

      Ch.9: The Maastricht Compromise

      Ch. 10: EUphoria

      Ch. 11: The Challenge of the Political

      Ch. 12: Brexit

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