TY - BOOK AU - Gilbert,Mark TI - European integration: a concise history SN - 0742566633 AV - JN30 .G55 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Lanham, Md. PB - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers KW - European Union KW - History KW - Europe KW - Economic integration KW - European Union countries KW - Politics and government N1 - Rev. and updated ed. of: Surpassing realism : the politics of European integration since 1945. c2003; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Enemies to partners: the politics of cooperation in Western Europe 1945-1950 -- Ever closer union: from the Schuman Plan to the Economic Community 1950-1958 -- In the shadow of the general: De Gaulle and the EEC 1958-1969 -- Weathering the storm: the EC during the 1970s -- The 1992 initiative and relaunch of the community -- The Maastricht compromise -- EUphoria -- Toward a twin-track Europe ER -