Introduction* On 28 November 1951 two members of the British Cabinet delivered eagerly anticipated remarks on the second Churchill government’s policies towards European integration in defence and economic matters. The first was given by the …
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The origins of the Conservative Party’s European Debate, 1947-1957
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Using French Journalism in Teaching the First World War: (2) ‘Infernal war,’ by Emile Henriot, L’Illustration, 26 September 1914
[Translated by Alastair Dunn. The elipses “…” follow those of the original French text. The images below are a selection of those that accompanied the original.] In the midst of the French lines – in …
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Using French journalism in teaching The First World War: (1) The First Battle of the Marne
So much of our understanding of the First World War on the Western Front is derived from areas where the British Army was the predominant presence – notably parts of Picardy and the Ypres salient. …
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Dunkirk 1947: a forgotten Franco-British Treaty
On 4 March 1947 representatives of the British and French governments signed a treaty of mutual alliance against any future aggression from Germany. Coming a year after Winston Churchill’s famous “Iron Curtain speech” in Fulton, …
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Dining into the EEC
While there is a rich historiography surrounding the formal negotiations for Britain’s entry into the the EEC, the role played by diplomatic hospitality has received comparatively less attention, and yet considerable resources were thrown into …
