Edmund Dell examines the Attlee government's rejection of the Schuman Plan for the establishment of a common market for coal and steel and reassesses Bevan's conduct as foreign secretary. The story is placed in the context of the big questions dominating British policy formation: security, the dollar shortage, the American attack on the sterling area, and pressure for European integration.
Language
English
Pages
344
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Release
August 24, 1995
ISBN
0198289677
ISBN 13
9780198289678
The Schuman Plan and the British Abdication of Leadership in Europe
Edmund Dell examines the Attlee government's rejection of the Schuman Plan for the establishment of a common market for coal and steel and reassesses Bevan's conduct as foreign secretary. The story is placed in the context of the big questions dominating British policy formation: security, the dollar shortage, the American attack on the sterling area, and pressure for European integration.