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The Reconstruction of Western Europe 1945-1951

By Alan S. Milward Copyright 2005
    ISBN 9780415612876
    560 Pages
    Published October 29, 2012 by Routledge

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    First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

    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

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