Grand Designs and Visions of Unity
Subtitle: The Atlantic Powers and the Reorganization of Western Europe, 1955-1963
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 3, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780807826799
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; European history: postwar, from c 1945 -; International relations; c 1945 to c 1960; c 1960 to c 1970; International Relations - General; Foreign Relations; Regional Associations And Organizations; Western Europe - General; History; Politics / Current Events; Politics - Current Events; History: World; USA; National security; World - General; History / World; European Economic Community; 20th century; Europe; North Atlantic Treaty Organiza; North Atlantic Treaty Organization
First sentence: After the defeat of the European Defense Community (EDC) in August 1954 at the hands of the French National Assembly and its subsequent replacement with the Western European Union (WEU) in late 1954, the process of Western European organization reached a turning point.