On 9 May 1950, in an elegant salon of the Quai d’Orsay in Paris, France’s Foreign Minister Robert Schuman proposed that France and Germany, plus any other democratic nation in Western Europe that wanted to join, establish a “community” to regulate and govern the coal and steel industries across national borders. France and Germany had been at, or preparing for, war for most of the nineteenth and twentieth century, at huge costs to millions of citizens. Moreover, in 1950 iron and steel remained central to national economic success and war-making power. The Schuman Plan therefore clearly spoke to deeper issues.
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In French Politics, Culture & Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2011
- Article Type:
- Introduction
- Pages:
- 1–3
in one of the most brutal massacres perpetrated in Western Europe after the Second World War. Since the end of the 1980s, historians and activists proposed narratives of these events that mainly portray the Algerians as victims of a colonial
In French Politics, Culture & Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2016
- Article Type:
- Abstract
- Pages:
- 151–153
Memorial
Allan Mitchell, 1933—2016
Volker Berghahn
-German confrontation that has dominated Western Europe ever since.” Although his work deserved greater recognition during his life-time, it is to be hoped that its central importance to modern European history will continue be recognized and cited now that he is no
In French Politics, Culture & Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2018
- Article Type:
- Obituary
- Pages:
- 148–157