{"product_id":"france-and-the-construction-of-europe-19442007-9780857452900","title":"France and the Construction of Europe 19442007","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the second half of the twentieth century France played the greatest role - even greater than Germany's - in shaping what eventually became the European Union. By the early twenty-first century, however, in a hugely transformed Europe, this era had patently come to an end. This comprehensive history shows how France coupled the pursuit of power and the furtherance of European integration over a sixty-year period, from the close of the Second World War to the hesitation caused by the French electorate's referendum rejection of the European Union's constitutional treaty in 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Combining a rich array of secondary sources with a solid assortment of published primary sources such as memoirs and official papers, Sutton presents a highly detailed, interpretive account that represents a valuable contribution to our understanding of contemporary European history.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• The Historian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Michael Sutton’s admirable book is a very comprehensive and very well researched history of France’s European policy since 1944, including economic aspects. Going actually beyond its title, this volume covers most major aspects of French foreign policy, in a precise as well as readable way. This makes the book useful for students, but also for professional historians and the general public.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Journal of Contemporary History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Michael Sutton has produced an eminently readable and strongly researched overall history of France’s tireless efforts in favor of ‘la construction européenne’… The book is a veritable tour de force and will long be cited as a primary reference on France’s tortuous relations with Europe.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e•French Politics, Culture \u0026amp; Society\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This fine survey of France’s role in European integration since World War II… covers the most significant negotiations on European integration from early postwar plans for regional customs unions to the abortive European Constitution. Students of France’s role in European politics will find it useful for several reasons… Sutton has succeeded admirably in making his case and presenting an exceptionally lucid account of several decades of complicated political and economic manouevre.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• H-Diplo\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The book is highly impressive in its range, integrating such issues as the impact of the Cuban missile crisis into its account of Franco-American relations and the implications for France's position in Europe. It is also impressive in its command of intricate detail in the technical, economic sphere and in high-level negotiations, as well as in behind-the-scenes maneuvers taking place in parallel to more overt diplomacy.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• French Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Sutton's important work has the merit of making known a whole range of French historiography that, because of not being available in English translation, is not accessible to scholars who do not read French. At the same time, he brings together, in an original manner, the main results of historical research on the role of France in Europe, a theme that is of vital importance still today.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Modern \u0026amp; Contemporary France\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“[The author] has written an excellent chronicle of the central episodes of European construction, from the invention of the ECSC to the Maastricht Treaty and beyond, keeping French initiatives, breakthroughs, and missteps clearly in view. He has also made the more recondite economic complexities of the story intelligible to general readers. As a result, Sutton has produced an important overview of European integration that highlights the influence French leaders exerted in building what by the 1990s had become the fundamental structures of the European Union we know today.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• H-France\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Sutton has a feel both for the ongoing manoeuvres of the main protagonists and for the continuities of the broad picture. He keeps the context constantly in geopolitical focus, drawing upon a wide range of reliable secondary sources. [His] scrupulous study will allow both protagonists and antagonists to recognize why the European show is still on the road, but now arouses fears rather than hopes.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• European History Quarterly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tPreface\u003cbr\u003e \tAbbreviations and Acronyms\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/b\u003e De Gaulle’s Shadow\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART I: THE POST-WAR ASSERTION OF LEADERSHIP IN CONTINENTAL WESTERN EUROPE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1. Before the Schuman Plan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEarlier Calls for European Union\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Quest for Security and the Onset of the Cold War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tWestern European Economic and Political Cooperation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tWariness about the New West Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2. Pooling Coal and Steel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Monnet Initiative\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Schuman Declaration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tForging the ECSC Treaty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tRatification and Implementation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3. German Rearmament and Military Security\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Pleven Plan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Rejection of the EDC Treaty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Paris Accords\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Suez Crisis and its Aftermath\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4. The Gaullist Vision of the Atlantic Alliance and European Union\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAdenauer, the US, and the Berlin Crisis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Failure of the Fouchet Committee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tA Rose and a Rose Garden\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t‘Tous Azimuts’ and the Limits of Détente\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART II: THE COMMON MARKET AND THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5. The Benelux Initiative and the Formation of the Common Market\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMessina to Venice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tNegotiating the EEC and Euratom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDe Gaulle’s ‘Practising the Common Market’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSecuring Agricultural Interests\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6. Moving from Dirigisme to Qualified Economic Liberalism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Watering Down of Post-war Dirigisme\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDelors and the Single Market\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Reorientation of Foreign Trade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tGlobalisation and French Hesitations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART III: PRESERVING POWER AND SECURITY AFTER DE GAULLE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7. European Political Integration up to the Cold War’s Close\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Rapprochement with Albion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEchoes of the Fouchet Proposals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAmerica’s ‘Year of Europe’ and the Atlantic Alliance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tBack to the Elysée Treaty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8. Opposition to German Monetary Hegemony\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Death of the Bretton Woods System\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Deutsche Mark as Anchor Currency\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe EMS and its Ambivalent Design\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Dictates of the ERM and French Dissatisfaction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9. Geopolitical Upheaval and the Maastricht Treaty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMonetary Union Proposed from Paris and Bonn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFrance and the Fall of the Berlin Wall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Drive for German Unification\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tProviding a Treaty for European Union\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10. Post-Yalta and Post-Maastricht Europe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tImplementing EMU and ‘La Pensée Unique’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Yugoslav Imbroglio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tRethinking Security and Defence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe European Union and the Other Europe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tEpilogue\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038907662679,"sku":"9780857452900","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857452900.jpg?v=1750941893","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/france-and-the-construction-of-europe-19442007-9780857452900","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}