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This is the first large-scale historical investigation of the critical first stage of European integration, the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). John Gillingham discusses the thirty year Franco-German struggle for heavy industry mastery in Western Europe, describes the dreams and schemes of Jean Monnet, who designed the heavy industry pool, reveals the American vision that inspired his work, and discloses how his transatlantic partners used their great authority to assure its completion. Gillingham also lays bare the operating mechanisms of the coal-steel pool, showing that contrary to the hopes of Monnet and his supporters, the ECSC restored rather than reformed the European economy, leaving as a legacy not a detrustified industry, but one still dominated by the giant producers of the Ruhr.

History of Europe --- anno 1940-1949 --- anno 1950-1959 --- Steel industry and trade --- Coal trade --- Government policy --- European Union. --- -Coal trade --- -Steel industry and trade --- -Ferrous metal industries --- Metal trade --- Iron industry and trade --- Coal industry --- Fuel trade --- -Government policy --- Ferrous metal industries --- European Coal and Steel Community. --- European coal and steel community --- ECSC. --- Germany [West ] --- France --- European Union countries --- Steel industry and trade - Government policy - Germany (West) --- Steel industry and trade - Government policy - France. --- Steel industry and trade - Government policy - European Economic Community countries. --- Coal trade - Government policy - Germany (West) --- Coal trade - Government policy - France. --- Coal trade - Government policy - European Economic Community countries. --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- Europe --- Economic integration --- History. --- Charbon --- Acier --- Communauté européenne du charbon et de l'acier --- Industrie et commerce --- Allemagne (République fédérale ) --- 1945-1970 --- Politique gouvernementale --- Industrie