| Contents |
Tentative beginnings: France, Germany, and intimations of rapprochement -- From Thoiry to the Young plan: cautious progress and the death of Stresemann -- Germany, France, and the Briand plan -- From Paris to Berlin: official visits and the origins of the Franco-German commission -- Berlin and the creation of the Franco-German commission -- Breakdown: the Stresemann memoirs scandal and wounds that failed to heal -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
It is commonly held that the inter-war era marked little more than a ceasefire between two world wars, with the improvement in German-Allied relations forged at Locarno in 1925 cut short by the global economic turmoil that followed the 1929 Wall Street Crash. 'A Vision of Europe' challenges this received wisdom, offering a fundamental re-evaluation of inter-war Franco-German relations during the Great Depression and providing a fuller understanding of the historical origins of today's European Union. It demonstrates that rather than lapsing into mutual recrimination and national egotism, France and Germany engaged with the challenges of the post-1929 slump by way of plans for a Franco-German customs union and wider bilateral economic collaboration, whether across the Rhine, in the French Empire, or elsewhere in Europe. 0. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-196) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2016946337 |
| ISBN | 9780199676293 |
| ISBN | 0199676291 |
