The Reconstruction of Western Europe, 1945-51

BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 3
COPYRIGHT......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 5
FIGURES......Page 8
TABLES......Page 9
PREFACE......Page 13
ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS......Page 17
I THE CRISIS OF 1947......Page 19
THE NATURE OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS......Page 22
DOMESTIC ECONOMIC CRISES......Page 24
THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC CRISIS......Page 32
THE COLLAPSE OF BRETTON WOODS......Page 51
THE INTENTIONS OF THE MARSHALL PLAN......Page 61
CREATING THE EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION......Page 65
THE COMMITTEE OF EUROPEAN ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION......Page 71
III THE EUROPEAN RECOVERY PROGRAMME......Page 87
THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF MARSHALL AID......Page 89
MARSHALL AID AS POLITICAL LEVERAGE......Page 104
THE MONNET PLAN AND FRENCH AND GERMAN RECONSTRUCTION......Page 114
THE FRENCH AND GERMAN ECONOMIES IN THE LONDON CONFERENCE......Page 125
V THE DEPOLITICIZATION OF THE OEEC......Page 146
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE OEEC......Page 149
THE INTOLERABLE BURDEN......Page 155
THE COLLAPSE OF THE OEEC......Page 167
VI FOREIGN TRADE AND PAYMENTS AND EUROPEAN RECONSTRUCTION......Page 180
MULTILATERAL AND BILATERAL TRADE IN WESTERN EUROPE......Page 184
THE POST-WAR PATTERN OF WESTERN EUROPE’S TRADE......Page 188
VII THE ADVENT OF THE CUSTOMS UNION......Page 196
BRITAIN AND THE CUSTOMS UNION......Page 198
FRANCE AND THE CUSTOMS UNION......Page 210
VIII PAYMENTS AGREEMENTS AND POLICIES IN WESTERN EUROPE 1946–9......Page 215
TRADE AND PAYMENTS AGREEMENTS IN WESTERN EUROPE, 1946–9......Page 216
ONE WESTERN WORLD, OR TWO?......Page 232
IX DEVALUATION AND THE SEARCH FOR A NEW AMERICAN POLICY......Page 235
THE TRADE LIBERALIZATION PROGRAMME AND THE AMERICAN PAYMENTS PROPOSALS......Page 248
FINEBEL......Page 253
UNISCAN......Page 261
THE EUROPEAN PAYMENTS UNION......Page 264
XI THE 1949 RECESSION AND THE DIVERGENCE OF BRITAIN AND LITTLE EUROPE......Page 276
THE AMERICAN RECESSION AND THE BRITISH AND WESTERN EUROPEAN ECONOMIES......Page 278
THE ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS OF LITTLE EUROPE......Page 287
PLANS AND REALITIES IN WESTERN EUROPE’S STEEL INDUSTRY......Page 297
COMPARATIVE PROSPECTS OF THE FRENCH AND GERMAN STEEL INDUSTRIES......Page 304
THE POLITICAL ORIGINS OF THE SCHUMAN PLAN......Page 311
THE SCHUMAN PLAN AND ITS RECEPTION......Page 323
THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY......Page 332
THE IMPACT OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION......Page 343
POST-WAR AGRICULTURE IN WESTERN EUROPE......Page 354
THE ORIGINS OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY......Page 359
THE ARGUMENT OF THE BOOK......Page 374
RECONSTRUCTION AND THE GREAT BOOM......Page 384
 RECONSTRUCTION AND INTEGRATION......Page 395
METHOD OF REFERRING TO DOCUMENTS......Page 404
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS AND STATISTICAL SOURCES......Page 406
NON-OFFICIAL AND SECONDARY PUBLICATIONS......Page 410
WORKS PUBLISHED SINCE THE COMPLETION OF THE HARDBACK EDITION......Page 416
INDEX......Page 418