(Ebook) European Union : an historical and political survey by Richard McAllister, M.A ISBN 9780203875698, 9780415407618, 9780415407625, 0203875699, 0415407613, 0415407621

(Ebook) European Union : an historical and political survey by Richard McAllister, M.A ISBN 9780203875698, 9780415407618, 9780415407625, 0203875699, 0415407613, 0415407621

Providing an up-to-date history of the European Union from the end of the Second World War, this title discusses the impact of the Euro and economic monetary union, and provides an analysis of post-9/11 splits in the EU over Afghanistan and Iraq.
Content: Birth, childhood and adolescence --
The community at the end of the 1960s --
From the Hague to Paris: 1969-1972 --
A turbulent year: 1973 --
The mid-1970s: locust years --
'Euro-sclerosis': the late 1970s and early 1980s --
The mid-1980s: 'single market' and 'single act' --
The late 1980s and the road to '1992' --
Europe transformed again: 1989-1993 --
Paradoxes of the new Europe: 1994-2000 --
The new millennium: 2000-2005 --
New turbulence: 2005-2008.
Abstract: Gives the history of the European Union since its origins and covers topics, including the impact of the Euro and economic and monetary union analysis of post-9/11 splits in the EU over Afghanistan and Iraq; and debates on the European security order and the threat posed by terrorism.