CONTENTS
List of figures{emsp}viii
List of tables{emsp}ix
Preface{emsp}xv
List of abbreviations and conventions{emsp}xx
I the crisis of 1947 1
The nature of the economic crisis{emsp}5
Domestic economic crises{emsp}7
The international economic crisis{emsp}19
The collapse of Bretton Woods{emsp}43
II the committee of european economic co-operation 56
The intentions of the Marshall Plan{emsp}56
Creating the European organization{emsp}61
The Committee of European Economic Co-operation{emsp}69
III THE EUROPEAN RECOVERY PROGRAMME 90
The economic effects of Marshall Aid{emsp}92
Marshall Aid as political leverage{emsp}113
IV FRANCE AND THE CONTROL OF GERMAN RESOURCES 126
The Monnet Plan and French and German reconstruction{emsp}126
The French and German economies in the London conference{emsp}141
V the depoliticization of the oeec 168
The constitution of the OEEC{emsp}172
The intolerable burden{emsp}180
The collapse of the OEEC{emsp}195
VI foreign trade and payments and european reconstruction 212
Multilateral and bilateral trade in Western Europe{emsp}217
The post -war pattern of Western Europe’s trade{emsp}223
VII the advent of the customs union 232
Britain and the customs union{emsp}235
France and the customs union{emsp}250
VIII payments agreements and policies in western europe, 1946–9 256
Trade and payments agreements in western Europe, 1946–9{emsp}258
One western world, or two?{emsp}278
IX devaluation and the search for a new american policy 282
X the european payments union 299
The trade liberalization programme and the American payments proposals{emsp}299
Finebel{emsp}306
Uniscan{emsp}316
The European Payments Union{emsp}320
XI the 1949 recession and the divergence of britain and little europe 335
The American recession and the British and Western European economies{emsp}339
The economic foundations of Little Europe{emsp}351
XII the schuman plan 362
Plans and realities in Western Europe’s steel industry{emsp}362
Comparative prospects of the French and German steel industries{emsp}371
The political origins of the Schuman Plan{emsp}380
The Schuman Plan and its reception{emsp}397
The European Coal and Steel Community{emsp}407
XIII towards the common market 421
The impact of trade liberalization{emsp}421
Post-war agriculture in Western Europe{emsp}435
The origins of the Common Agricultural Policy{emsp}443
XIV conclusions 462
The argument of the book{emsp}462
Reconstruction and the great boom{emsp}477
Reconstruction and integration{emsp}491
Appendix{emsp}503
Bibliography{emsp}505
Index{emsp}521
Biography
Alan S. Milward
