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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- List of tables -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I. Great Britain and the international steel cartel 1924-1939 -- 1. Britain and Europe 1924-1931: the failure to reach agreement -- 2. The great depression, tariff protection and the steel industry 1931-1932 -- 3. The steel industry under protection -- 4. 'Fighting tariffs' and negotiations with the international steel cartel -- 5. Britain enters the international steel cartel -- 6. The agreement with the steel cartel, British foreign policy and international relations -- Part II. Commercial diplomacy during the great depression: Great Britain, Japan and the division of the world cotton market -- 7. Britain and the rise of Japanese competition -- 8. The background to the Anglo-Japanese cartel negotiations -- 9. The cartel negotiations and Anglo-Japanese relations -- 10. Summary: cotton, business diplomacy and British foreign policy -- Conclusion: steel, cotton, international cartels and British politics in the inter-war period -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

This book aims to broaden readers' understanding of the issues now facing the European Union by explaining the motivation underpinning the process of integration in Western Europe after 1945. The contributors discuss: - the part played by the Federal Republic of Germany; - the role of ideas and political movements in stimulating policy; - the economic interest of West Germany and West German business; and - the strategic aspects of Germany's policy. Also included is a German view of French and British attitudes toward a unified Europe and a discussion of the social history of integration.

Die Untersuchung beschäftigt sich mit Inhalt und Bedeutung des Wandels in der französischen Aussen- und Sicherheitspolitik Mitte der zwanziger Jahre. Der Autor versucht, die vielfältigen innenpolitischen und internationalen Faktoren herauszuarbeiten, die zu dieser Umorientie- rung führten. Das Schwergewicht liegt auf der Politik des «Cartel des Gauches»; daneben ist auch die Aussen- und Sicherheitspolitik der Regierungen Poincarés vor und nach dem Cartel in die Analyse miteinbezogen worden.