Continental drift
Subtitle: Britain and Europe from the end of empire to the rise of Euroscepticism
By: Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon, United States Department of State
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 590
ISBN-13: 9781107071261
Subjects: Political culture; Imperialism; Group identity; Foreign relations; Skepticism; Relations; History
Description: "A world undone. For the first time in six years, floodlights cast shadows across London's streets, brightly illuminating Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, the great clock at Westminster and Buckingham Palace. The brilliance of the White Ensign, the Union Flag and the Blue Ensign on the Cenotaph contrasted with the grime-caked stones behind, a continuing reminder of Britain's industrial revolution. Despite the lateness of the hour, crowds still converged around the great monuments and bonfires burned in many of London's open spaces, more than a few with effigies of Hitler sitting on top. The bells of churches across the capital continued to ring, competing with the sporadic fireworks and making sleep impossible, even if it were desired"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 561-581) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1: Imperial Europeans; title: Chapter 1: A World Undone; title: Chapter 2: Mr Churchill's Europe; title: Chapter 3: Mr Bevin's Response; title: Chapter 4: The German Problem; title: Chapter 5: A Disunited Europe?; title: Chapter 6: The Continental Surprise and the Fall of the Labour Government; title: Chapter 7: The Realities of Government; title: Chapter 8: Perfidious Gaul; title: Chapter 9: The Decline and Fall of the Imperial Europeans; title: Part 2: Post-Imperial Eurosceptics; title: Chapter 10: At Sixes and Sevens; title: Chapter 11: Towards the Common Market; title: Chapter 12: The Rise of the Anti-Marketeers; title: Chapter 13: Empire Eclipsed, Europe Embraced, Britain Rejected; title: Chapter 14: Entering the Promised Land? : Britain joins "Europe"; title: Chapter 15: Seasons of Discontent; title: Chapter 16: Half-Hearted Europeans; title: Chapter 17: Mrs Thatcher, John Major and the Road to European Union; title: Conclusion: Post-Imperial Britain and the Rise of Euroscepticism.