Reconstruction of Western Europe 1945-51

CONTENTSList of figures{emsp}viiiList of tables{emsp}ixPreface{emsp}xvList of abbreviations and conventions{emsp}xxI the crisis of 1947 1The nature of the economic crisis{emsp}5Domestic economic crises{emsp}7The international economic crisis{emsp}19The collapse of Bretton Woods{emsp}43II the committee of european economic co-operation 56The intentions of the Marshall Plan{emsp}56Creating the European organization{emsp}61The Committee of European Economic Co-operation{emsp}69III THE EUROPEAN RECOVERY PROGRAMME 90The economic effects of Marshall Aid{emsp}92Marshall Aid as political leverage{emsp}113IV FRANCE AND THE CONTROL OF GERMAN RESOURCES 126The Monnet Plan and French and German reconstruction{emsp}126The French and German economies in the London conference{emsp}141V the depoliticization of the oeec 168The constitution of the OEEC{emsp}172The intolerable burden{emsp}180The collapse of the OEEC{emsp}195VI foreign trade and payments and european reconstruction 212Multilateral and bilateral trade in Western Europe{emsp}217The post -war pattern of Western Europe's trade{emsp}223VII the advent of the customs union 232Britain and the customs union{emsp}235France and the customs union{emsp}250VIII payments agreements and policies in western europe, 1946'¬"9 256Trade and payments agreements in western Europe, 1946'¬"9{emsp}258One western world, or two?{emsp}278IX devaluation and the search for a new american policy 282X the european payments union 299The trade liberalization programme and the American payments proposals{emsp}299Finebel{emsp}306Uniscan{emsp}316The European Payments Union{emsp}320XI the 1949 recession and the divergence of britain and little europe 335The American recession and the British and Western European economies{emsp}339The economic foundations of Little Europe{emsp}351XII the schuman plan 362Plans and realities in Western Europe's steel industry{emsp}362Comparative prospects of the French and German steel industries{emsp}371The political origins of the Schuman Plan{emsp}380The Schuman Plan and its reception{emsp}397The European Coal and Steel Community{emsp}407XIII towards the common market 421The impact of trade liberalization{emsp}421Post-war agriculture in Western Europe{emsp}435The origins of the Common Agricultural Policy{emsp}443XIV conclusions 462The argument of the book{emsp}462Reconstruction and the great boom{emsp}477Reconstruction and integration{emsp}491Appendix{emsp}503Bibliography{emsp}505Index{emsp}521Milward, Alan S. is the author of 'Reconstruction of Western Europe 1945-51 ', published 2006 under ISBN 9780415379229 and ISBN 0415379229.