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Absent at the Creation: Britain and the Formation of the European Community 1950-2
Absent at the Creation Britain and the Formation of the European Community 19502 Author:Christopher Lord This is the story of why Britain remained aloof from what was to become the first stage in the development of the European Community. The book argues that abstention was grounded in a set of attitudes that regarded the British state as fundamentally different from its continental counterparts.