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Many prescient Europeans, including Churchill, thought that Europe might be dead. The age in which the physical resources of a single nation were enough to ensure its sovereignty had ended. No European state, and perhaps no combination of European states, was powerful enough to with-stand the domination of the...
One such myth is that de Gaulle wants to exclude American influence from the Continent, and substitute for it a purely French hegemony. this is a gross exaggeration. Since 1940, when de Gaulle first mortgaged France to the overwhelming power of the Anglo-Saxons, this gravest concern has been to...
Among all the other economic changes that are taking place in Europe, one that has gone almost unnoticed outside the Continent itself is an upheaval among Europe's sources of energy. By 1970, the Common Market's need for power to fuel its growth will have almost doubled...
Item. After de Gaulle had vetoed British entry, the American press began murmuring about reprisals. These included encouraging Germany, Italy, and the Benelux group to deny the French certain concessions in the agricultural field, which are now being negotiated in Brussels. The formation of inter-allied nuclear units, staffed by...
A distinct trend in the industry is toward ever bigger long-distance haulers; 20-ton giants and 42-wheel monsters are already at work. Yet, paradoxically, the days of the continent-spanning truckers may be running out because railroads are fighting back so successfully with their long-distance piggyback service...