Britain and European Union: Dialogue of the Deaf

by Max Beloff

The forefathers of the European Union, led by Jean Monnet, hoped to create a 'United States of Europe' with national sovereignties subordinated to a federal government. Few in Britain shared their dream. Yet Britain abandoned her aloof stand of 1950, and eventually joined the European Communities. Lord Beloff asks whether the key figures - Harold Macmillan, Sir Edward Heath and Harold Wilson, knowingly deceived the electorate into thinking that entry...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333671929
• ISBN13: 9780333671924
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"