The European Rescue of the Nation State

The European Rescue of the Nation-Stateis the classic economic and political account of the origins of the European Community. Based on extensive primary research in several countries, it is both an original analysis of the forces which brought the EC together and an exploration of the future relationship between the nation-state and the European Union. Newly revised and updated to account for recent developments, this book offers a challenging interpretation of the history of the western European state and European integration.

Alan S. Milward is Professor of Contemporary History at the European University Institute, Florence, Official Historian, and Emeritus Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics.