Author : O. Bange
Publisher : Springer
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 23,74 MB
Release : 1999-09-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0230286275
This fresh look at the 1963 crisis in the western alliance following de Gaulle's veto of the British EEC application uses much new unpublished source material to offer a fascinating insight into the personal relationships of the western leaders. It challenges the orthodox view, showing that the ultimate breakdown came after Anglo-German and Anglo-American cooperation to ensure that de Gaulle was made the sole scapegoat, in order to isolate France within the EEC.