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Author Gillingham, John, author.

Title Coal, steel, and the rebirth of Europe, 1945-1955 : the Germans and French from Ruhr conflict to economic community / John Gillingham
Published Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, [1991]
©1991

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 397 pages)
Contents Mending a broken world: coal and steel diplomacy between the wars -- The greater and lesser wars -- From Morgenthau plan to Schuman plan: the allies and the Ruhr, 1944-1950 -- Neither restoration nor reform: the dark ages of German heavy industry -- The end of the war against Germany: the coal-steel pool as treaty settlement -- The success of a failure: the European Coal and Steel Community in action, 1952-1955 -- Conclusion
Summary This is the first large-scale historical investigation of the critical first stage of European integration, the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). John Gillingham discusses the thirty year Franco-German struggle for heavy industry mastery in Western Europe, describes the dreams and schemes of Jean Monnet, who designed the heavy industry pool, reveals the American vision that inspired his work, and discloses how his transatlantic partners used their great authority to assure its completion. Gillingham also lays bare the operating mechanisms of the coal-steel pool, showing that contrary to the hopes of Monnet and his supporters, the ECSC restored rather than reformed the European economy, leaving as a legacy not a detrustified industry, but one still dominated by the giant producers of the Ruhr
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject European Coal and Steel Community.
SUBJECT European Coal and Steel Community fast
Subject Steel industry and trade -- Government policy -- Germany (West)
Steel industry and trade -- Government policy -- France
Steel industry and trade -- Government policy -- European Economic Community countries
Coal trade -- Government policy -- Germany (West)
Coal trade -- Government policy -- France
Coal trade -- Government policy -- European Economic Community countries
Coal trade -- Government policy
Steel industry and trade -- Government policy
European Economic Community countries
France
Germany (West)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0521400597
9780521400596