Building Postwar Europe: National Decision-Makers and European Institutions, 1948–63

Front Matter....Pages i-xxviii
In Search of a European Consciousness: French Military Elites and the Idea of Europe, 1947–54....Pages 1-20
The French Administrative Elite and the Unification of Western Europe, 1947–58....Pages 21-37
German Decision-Making Elites and European Integration: German ‘Europolitik’ during the Years of the EEC and Free Trade Area Negotiations....Pages 38-54
The Approaches to European Institution-Building of Carlo Sforza, Italian Foreign Minister, 1947–51....Pages 55-69
The British Military View of European Security, 1945–50....Pages 70-86
British Officials and European Integration, 1944–60....Pages 87-106
‘A Conditional Application’: British Management of the First Attempt to Seek Membership of the EEC, 1961–3....Pages 107-126
Belgian Decision-Makers and European Unity, 1945–63....Pages 127-140
‘Longing for London’: The Netherlands and the Political Cooperation Initiative, 1959–62....Pages 141-158
European Integration: An American Intelligence Connection....Pages 159-179
Back Matter....Pages 180-187