ABSTRACT

This hugely successful history of political and economic integration in Western Europe since the Second World War -- and especially, but by no means exclusively, the European Community itself -- was first published in 1991, to general acclaim. Since then much turbulent water has flowed under the bridges of Maastricht and Strasbourg. Now, in this welcome Second Edition, Derek Urwin has brought the story fully up to date, with an account of developments since 1991 and an assessment of the mood and prospects of Europe and the Community today.

chapter One|12 pages

The Persisting Idea of Europe

chapter Two|14 pages

The Cold War, the United States and Europe

chapter Three|16 pages

The Opening Gambits

chapter Four|15 pages

The European Coal and Steel Community

chapter Five|18 pages

The Road to Rome

chapter Six|12 pages

The European Economic Community

chapter Seven|13 pages

The Europe of the Seven

chapter Eight|15 pages

De Gaulle and the EEC

chapter Nine|14 pages

The Question of Enlargement

chapter Ten|16 pages

Movement on all Fronts

chapter Eleven|18 pages

The Revival of Ambition

chapter Twelve|16 pages

The Emergence of Summitry

chapter Thirteen|15 pages

The Internal Policy World of the EC

chapter Fourteen|17 pages

Problems of Territorial Assimilation

chapter Fifteen|17 pages

The Search for Political Integration

chapter Sixteen|16 pages

Towards 1992

chapter Seventeen|18 pages

An Ever Closer Union?