Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy and the Origins of the EEC, 1952-1957 (eBook)

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction of the Editor -- Power in Europe? Introductory Remarks -- I. The Decision Makers in Foreign Affairs -- Overstretched and Overstrung: Eden, the Foreign Office and the Making of Policy -- Aspects of the Suez Crisis -- Decision Makers, Decisions and French Power -- The Alternative Prospect: The Plan for a Neutralized United Germany -- Italy and the Problems of “Power Politics” – From the EDC Failure to the Suez Crisis -- Introductory Remarks for the Debate -- II. The Economic Area -- Economic Aspects of British Perceptions of Power -- The French Alternative: Economic Power through the Empire or through Europe? -- Germany’s Economic Revival in the 1950s. The Foreign Policy Perspective -- The Italian “Economic Miracle” Revisited: New Markets and American Technology -- Introductory Remarks for the Debate -- III. The Military Problems -- British Perceptions of Military Problems in the Fifties -- Military Power in France 1954–1958 -- Problems of West German Security Policy 1956–1959 -- Italy between Atlantic Alliance and EDC, 1948–1955 -- Introductory Remarks to the Debate -- IV. The Political Parties -- British Parties and the European Situation 1950–57 -- The Perception of French Power by the Political Forces -- Views of the Foreign Policy Situation Among the CDU Leadership, 1945–57 -- Western European and Atlantic Integration 1954–1958 as seen by the German Communists -- The Italian Political Parties and Foreign Policy in the 1950s: DC, PSI, PCI, MSI -- In Search of Lost Power. The International Policies of the Italian Christian Democrat and Communist Parties in the Fifties -- Introductory Remarks to the Debate -- V. Public Opinion and the Cultural Sector -- Power, Propaganda and Public Opinion: The British Information Services and the Cold War, 1945–57 -- Public Opinion and Perception of Power in France at the End of the Fourth Republic, (1954–1958) -- Power and Awareness of Power in the Federal Republic of Germany 1953–1956/7: Perception of the Power Problem in Public Opinion -- Italian Public Opinion and European Politics (1950–1956) -- VI. Europe and the Origins of the EEC (from the Crisis of EDC to the Treaties of Rome through the Suez Crisis) -- Britain and Europe, 1950–1957 -- Europe as a Cure for French Impotence? The Guy Mollet Government and the Negotiation of the Treaties of Rome -- “Firm with the West!” Elements of the International Orientation of West Germany in the Mid-1950s -- “Power Politics”: The Italian Pattern (1951–1957) -- Introductory Remarks to the Debate -- General Conclusion -- On the Power of Old and New Europe -- Abbreviations -- The Authors -- Other Publications -- Index of Names -- 599-600