Harold Wilson and European Integration : Britain's Second Application to Join the EEC

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction: The Historiography of Wilson's Attempt to Take Britain into the EEC -- PART I: THE DOMESTIC CONTEXT -- 2 The Labour Party, Public Opinion and the 'Second Try' in 1967 -- 3 The Conservatives and the Wilson Application -- 4 Gone Native: The Foreign Office and Harold Wilson's Policy Towards the EEC, 1964-67 -- 5 Technological Cooperation in Wilson's Strategy for EEC Entry -- 6 The Confederation of British Industry and European Integration in the 1960s -- PART II: THE EXTERNAL CONTEXT -- 7 A Short-Term Defeat: The Community Institutions and the Second British Application to Join the EEC -- 8 John Bull v. Marianne, Round Two: Anglo-French Relations and Britain's Second EEC Membership Bid -- 9 Dealing with de Gaulle: Anglo-American Relations, NATO and the Second Application -- 10 From Imperial Power to Regional Powers: Commonwealth Crises and the Second Application -- 11 'We Too Mean Business': Germany and the Second British Application to the EEC, 1966-67 -- 12 Ireland and Britain's Second Application to Join the EEC -- 13 Conclusion: The Ironies of 'Successful Failure' -- Appendix I: Labour Cabinet Members, October 1964-June 1970 -- Appendix II: Chronology of European Integration and the British Approach, 1964-70 -- Bibliography -- Index.