France and the Construction of Europe, 1944-2007: The Geopolitical Imperative

By Michael Sutton

Book Overview

In the second half of the twentieth century France played the greatest role - even greater than Germany's - in shaping what eventually became the European Union. By the early twenty-first century, however, in a hugely transformed Europe, this era had patently come to an end. This comprehensive history shows how France coupled the pursuit of power and the furtherance of European integration over a sixty-year period, from the close of the Second World War to the hesitation caused by the French electorate's referendum rejection of the European Union's constitutional treaty in 2005.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857452908
• ISBN13: 9780857452900
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"