I. THE BACKGROUND: 1946–1954

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE v
3. CONTENTS ix
4. I. THE BACKGROUND: 1946–1954 1
5. II. THE ‘RELAUNCHING’ OF EUROPE 20
6. III. DRAFTING THE TREATY OF ROME 54
7. IV. THE PROPOSAL FOR A FREE TRADE AREA 93
8. V. THE FREE TRADE AREA NEGOTIATIONS 130
9. VI. THE AFTERMATH OF THE BREAKDOWN OF THE FREE TRADE AREA NEGOTIATIONS 173
10. VII. THE EUROPEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION 210
11. VIII. ‘BRIDGE-BUILDING’ AND THE REORGANIZATION OF THE OEEC 232
12. IX. THE SHIFT IN BRITISH POLICY: REAPPRAISAL 274
13. X. THE SHIFT IN BRITISH POLICY: CHANGING COURSE 313
14. XI. THE FIRST STAGE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS ON BRITISH ACCESSION (September 1961–August 1962) 367
15. XII. DISCUSSIONS ON POLITICAL UNION 414
16. XIII. THE COMMONWEALTH PRIME MINISTERS’ MEETING AND THE PARTY CONFERENCES 434
17. XIV. THE LAST PHASE OF THE ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS (October 1962–January 1963) 455
18. XV. A FEW CONCLUSIONS 507
19. APPENDIX A. THE MESSINA REVOLUTION 520
20. APPENDIX B. THE BONN DECLARATION 523
21. APPENDIX C. EUROPEAN POLITICAL UNION 525
22. INDEX 531