Britain and European union
Subtitle: dialogue of the deaf
By: Lord Beloff.
Contributors: Beloff, Max Beloff, Baron, 1913-
Publisher: Macmillan Press Ltd.; St. Martin's Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Great Britain; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: European Union countries -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- European Union countries.
Description: The forefathers of 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, Edward Heath and Harold Wilson - knowingly deceived the electorate into thinking that entry could be combined with the country's independence of action and historic constitution, or whether they thought they could persuade continental statesmen from inside of the merits of a much looser structure.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-165) and index.
Based on the author's pamphlet: A tale of two Europes.