Building Europe

Wilfried Loth

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2015

Building Europe

A History of European Unification

Wilfried Loth

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110424812

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About this book

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Relying on internal sources, Wilfried Loth analyses the birth and subsequent development of the European Union, from the launch of the Council of Europe and the Schuman Declaration until the Euro crisis and the contested European presidential election of Jean-Claude Juncker. This book shines a light on the crises of the European integration, such as the failure of the European Defence Community, De Gaulle’s empty chair policy, or the rejection of the European Constitution in France and the Netherlands, but also highlights the indubitable successes that are the Franco-German reconciliation, the establishment of the European common market, and the establishment of an expanding common currency. What this study accomplishes, for the first time, is to illuminate the driving forces behind the European integration process and how it changed European politics and society.
“An enlightening work. Arequired reading for all who doubt the unfinished history of Europe.” – Rolf Steininger, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
“This book will become an indispensable standard work.” – Jörg Himmelreich, Neue Zürcher Zeitung.

Current, comprehensive and thought provoking.
“Indispensable to a factual debate on the future of Europe”– Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Author information

Wilfried Loth, University of Duisburg-Essen

Reviews

"Wilfried Loth’s volume can be regarded as a relevant contribution to the knowledge of a phenomenon which has shaped the last seventy years of European history and for some time it will certainly be a point of reference to be quoted by the historians who deal not only with the European integration but with the history of contemporary Europe."
Antonio Varsori in: Roundtable Review XVIII (2017) Nr. 31, S. 14

"[...]Building Europe is an excellent, authoritative account of Europe’s rise from the ashes after World War Two and its effort at navigating some kind of ever-closer union between nation states in the six decades that followed."
Michael J. Geary in: Roundtable Review XVIII (2017) Nr. 31 S. 11

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Abbreviations Open Access Download PDF	vii
Prologue: Churchill’s Congress Open Access Download PDF	1
1 Foundation Years, 1948–1957 Open Access Download PDF	20
2 Formative Years, 1958–1963 Open Access Download PDF	75
3 Crises of the Community of the Six, 1963–1969 Open Access Download PDF	123
4 Expansion and New Perspectives, 1969–1975 Open Access Download PDF	170
5 Consolidation, 1976–1984 Open Access Download PDF	222
6 The Era of Development, 1984–1992 Open Access Download PDF	271
7 From Maastricht to Nice, 1992–2001 Open Access Download PDF	323
8 Constitutional Struggle and Euro Crisis, 2001–2012 Open Access Download PDF	372
Conclusion: The Future of the Union Open Access Download PDF	433
Afterword Open Access Download PDF	441
The European Parliament 1979–2014: Party memberships Open Access Download PDF	444
The European Parliament 1979–2014: Presidents Open Access Download PDF	445
The Presidents of the High Authority and the Commissions Open Access Download PDF	446
Sources Open Access Download PDF	447
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	452
Index Open Access Download PDF	474

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Historians and advanced students interested in the history of Europe's integration process.
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 485
Keywords: European Monetary Union; European Idea; Common Market; Europe; History; Contemporary

eBook

Published: August 31, 2015
ISBN: 9783110424812

Hardcover

Published: August 14, 2015
ISBN: 9783110427776

Paperback

Published: November 7, 2017
ISBN: 9783110577259