Britain, the Commonwealth and Europe : The Commonwealth and Britain's Applications to Join the European Communities

by Alex May

• ISBN13: 9780333800133
• ISBN10: 0333800133
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2001-06-02
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The loss of its Empire and the "turn' to Europe are the two striking features of Britain's foreign policy since 1945. The contributors examine the connection between the two processes. Utilizing a range of sources, the authors challenge conventional interpretations of the connection, and in doing so raise important questions about the nature, motivation, and effects of British policy.

Author Biography

Alex May is Research Editor, of the New Dictionary of National Biography at the University of Oxford.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Notes on the Contributors	xix
Britain, the Commonwealth and Europe: an Overview	1	(8)
Sir Donald Maitland
`The Jolly Old Empire': Labour, the Commonwealth and Europe, 1945-51	9	(21)
David Russell
Britain and the Commonwealth in the 1950s	30	(9)
Sir William Nicoll
The Australian Department of Trade and the EEC, 1956-61	39	(14)
John B. O'Brien
The Commonwealth in British European Policy: Politics and Sentiment, 1956-63	53	(29)
George Wilkes
`Commonwealth or Europe?': Macmillan's Dilemma, 1961-63	82	(29)
Alex May
Commonwealth International Financial Arrangements and Britain's First Application to Join the EEC	111	(21)
Michael David Kandiah
Gillian Staerck
The Labour Government, Commonwealth Policy, and the Second Application to Join the EEC, 1964-67	132	(24)
Philip R. Alexander
A Matter of Preference: The EEC and the Erosion of the Old Commonwealth Relationship	156	(25)
Stuart Ward
Index	181