From the Treaty of Versailles to the Treaty of Maastricht

This book examines European history and politics between two very well-known but flawed treaties: The Treaty of Versailles and the Treaty of Maastricht.

Autorentext

Written and Illustrated by Martin A W Holmes

Inhalt

1. The legacy of the Versailles Treaty 2. Mussolini's 'Roman Empire' 3. German foreign policy from Stresemann to Hitler 4. International implications of the Spanish Civil War 5. Soviet foreign policy 1918 1941 6. Chamberlain, Churchill and the appeasement debate 7. Diplomatic and political objectives of the Axis powers 8. Diplomatic and military objectives of the Allied powers 9. Origins of the Cold War in Europe 10. Suez 1956: Anglo French humiliation as Cold War America asserts it power 11. Origins of European integration after 1945 12. Why Britain did not join the EEC in the 1950's 13. How Britain joined the EEC in 1973 14. 1973 enlargement: Denmark and Ireland join but not Norway 15. De Gaulle, Brandt and relations with USA and USSR 16. From customs union to Werner Report, 1957 1970 17. 1970's crisis and the abandonment of the Werner Plan 18. Jacques Delors, the Single Market, Eastern Europe and German unification 19. Margaret Thatcher: Resisting Delors and opposing the Maastricht Treaty