Table of Content
Introduction - the historiography of Wilson's attempt to take Britain into the EEC, Oliver J. Daddow. Part I The domestic context: the Labour Party, public opinion and the "second try" in 1967, Anne Deighton; the Conservatives and the Wilson application, Philip Lynch; gone native - the Foreign Office and Harold Wilson's policy towards the EEC, 1964-67, Helen Parr; technological cooperation in Wilson's strategy for EEC entry, John W. Young; the Confederation of British Industry and European integration in the 1960s, Neil Rollings. Part II The external context: a short-term defeat - the community institutions and the second British application to join the EEC, N. Piers Ludlow; John Bull v. Marianne, round two - Anglo-French relations and Britain's second EEC membership bid, Anthony Adamthwaite; dealing with de Gaulle - Anglo-American relations, NATO and the second application, James Ellison; from imperial power to regional powers - Commonwealth crises and the second application, Philip Alexander; "we too mean business" - Germany and the second British application to the EEC, 1966-67, Katharina Bohmer; Ireland and Britain's second application to join the EEC, Jane Toomey; conclusion - the ironies of "successful failure", Peter Catterall. Appendices: Labour Cabinet members, October 1964 - June 1970; chronology of European integration and the British approach, 1964-1970.
