"The book is highly impressive in its range, integrating such
issues as the impact of the Cuban missile crisis into its account
of Franco-American relations and the implications for France's
position in Europe. It is also impressive in its command of
intricate detail in the technical, economic sphere and in
high-level negotiations, as well as in behind-the-scenes maneuvers
taking place in parallel to more overt diplomacy." . French Studies
"Sutton's important work has the merit of making known a whole
range of French historiography that, because of not being available
in English translation, is not accessible to scholars who do not
read French. At the same time, he brings together, in an original
manner, the main results of historical research on the role of
France in Europe, a theme that is of vital importance still today."
. Modern & Contemporary France
" The author] has written an excellent chronicle of the central
episodes of European construction, from the invention of the ECSC
to the Maastricht Treaty and beyond, keeping French initiatives,
breakthroughs, and missteps clearly in view. He has also made the
more recondite economic complexities of the story intelligible to
general readers. As a result, Sutton has produced an important
overview of European integration that highlights the influence
French leaders exerted in building what by the 1990s had become the
fundamental structures of the European Union we know today." .
H-France
"Sutton has a feel both for the ongoing manoeuvres of the main
protagonists and for the continuities of the broad picture. He
keeps the context constantly in geopolitical focus, drawing upon a
wide range of reliable secondary sources. His] scrupulous study
will allow both protagonists and antagonists to recognize why the
European show is still on the road, but now arouses fears rather
than hopes." . European History Quarterly
."an excellent overall view." . Georges-Henri Soutou
In the second half of the twentieth century France played the
greatest role - even greater than Germany's - in shaping what
eventually became the European Union. By the early twenty-first
century, however, in a hugely transformed Europe, this era had
patently come to an end. This comprehensive history shows how
France coupled the pursuit of power and the furtherance of European
integration over a sixty-year period, from the close of the Second
World War to the hesitation caused by the French electorate's
referendum rejection of the European Union's constitutional treaty
in 2005.
Michael Sutton is Professor Emeritus, Modern History and
International Relations, at Aston University. He has written
regularly on France for The Economist Intelligence Unit - part of
The Economist newspaper group - since 1985, and worked in Brussels
from 1973 to 1993 monitoring European Community developments. He is
also a specialist in twentieth-century French political thought and
philosophy."
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