Contributions

  • Beloff, Max Beloff, Baron, 1913- - Contributor

Publication

1996 - Macmillan Press Ltd., Great Britain, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

43,000 words, Guess

Page Count

172 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL970092M
  • ISBN-100312161573
  • OCLC Control Number503452662
  • Library of Congress Control Number96006786
  • Goodreads3746581

Classifications

  • DDC327.4104
  • LCCD1065.G7 B45 1996

Description

The forefathers of European union, led by Jean Monnet, hoped to create a 'United States of Europe' with national sovereignties subordinated to a federal government. Few in Britain shared their dream. Yet Britain abandoned her aloof stand of 1950, and eventually joined the European Communities. Lord Beloff asks whether the key figures - Harold Macmillan, Edward Heath and Harold Wilson - knowingly deceived the electorate into thinking that entry could be combined with the country's independence of action and historic constitution, or whether they thought they could persuade continental statesmen from inside of the merits of a much looser structure.

Subjects

Topics

Foreign relationsEurope, economic policyEurope, foreign relationsGreat britain, foreign relations, europeGreat britain, foreign economic relationsEuropean Union countries -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- European Union countries.

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