British policy towards France, 1945-51
By: Roger Woodhouse.
Contributors: King's College (University of London)
Series: Studies in military and strategic history; Studies in military and strategic history (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- France; France -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1945-; France -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1958
Description: With the Allied victory in 1945 came a determination to find a new way of conducting relations between the European states based on trust and cooperation. Two nations in particular had the prestige and moral authority to give a lead which others would follow. Britain and France had kept faith with each other through the dark years of the war. Now they faced together the challenge of building a brighter future.

As new governments in both countries embraced the principle of economic planning there were hopes that a united Europe might develop naturally from a co-ordinated Anglo-French programme of post-war recovery. Complications arose as the reviving industrial heartlands of defeated Germany found a key role in the Western half of a world divided by the Cold War. How the paths of Britain and France diverged and a different kind of Europe was born is the subject of this book.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-177) and index.
"In association with King's College, London."
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Birmingham.