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From the Treaty of Versailles to the Treaty of Maastricht - Conflict, Carnage And Cooperation In Europe, 1918 - 1993 (Paperback)
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From the Treaty of Versailles to the Treaty of Maastricht - Conflict, Carnage And Cooperation In Europe, 1918 - 1993 (Paperback)
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This book examines European history and politics between two very
well-known but flawed treaties: The Treaty of Versailles and the
Treaty of Maastricht. Taking the Treaty of Versailles, signed
following World War I, as a starting point, the volume argues that
while it was well-intentioned to the point of being utopian, it was
also totally impractical, rearranging the map of Europe in a way
which led to the tragic descent into conflict and barbarism in
World War II. The volume then moves through the post war period,
the outcome of the war producing the uneasy stability of a Cold War
divided continent, and with the establishment of NATO in 1949, the
process of European integration ushered in the era of cooperation.
Under the influence of Charles de Gaulle, the newly created
European Community acted as an association of sovereign states led
by France and Germany, spurring economic growth and encouraging
other countries to apply to join. After de Gaulle's retirement in
1969, this approach was progressively abandoned in favour of a
federal model of integration in which member states transferred
their sovereignty to the institutions of what became the European
Union. Europe was to be transformed from a continent to a country.
The book concludes by analysing the Maastricht treaty, which
enshrined this process, as being as fatally flawed as the
Versailles Treaty and charts the post-Maastricht slow decline of
the European Union giving way to widespread Euroscepticism. From
the Treaty of Versailles to the Treaty of Maastricht will appeal to
researchers and students alike interested in European history,
politics and World War I and II.
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