The first failure to steer Britain into the European Communities: An introduction

Britain's Failure to Enter the European Community, 1961-63: The Enlargement Negotiations and Crises in European, Atlantic and Commonwealth Relations

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-32

  Wilkes, George ^a  

^a GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203044193-7     Document Type: Chapter

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