The Official History of Britain and the European Community, Vol. II : From Rejection to Referendum, 1963-1975

Name: The Official History of Britain and the European Community, Vol. II : From Rejection to Referendum, 1963-1975
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Official History of Britain and the European Community, Vol. IIFrom Rejection to Referendum, 1963-1975\nAuthor(s): Stephen Wall\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138797390, 978-1138797390\nSynopsis\nThis is the second volume in The Official History of Britain and the European Community, and describes the events from 1963 up until the British referendum on the Common Market in 1975.\n\nIn 1963, General de Gaulle dashed Prime Minister Macmillans hopes of taking Britain into the European Community (the Common Market). When Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson tried again, de Gaulle again said no. Six years later, Prime Minister Edward Heath took Britain into the EEC. But by then the country was split and Harold Wilson, to keep the Labour Party from voting to leave, undertook to renegotiate Britains membership. When Labour won the 1974 election that renegotiation culminated in the first nationwide referendum ever .