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The Price of Victory

on BBC Radio 3

A series- of eight documentary programmes written and presented by Michael Charlton , which examine what have been called the ' missed opportunities ' of Britain's European diplomacy between the final years of the Second
World War and de Gaulle's veto of the first British bid to join the EEC.
4: A Sludgy Amalgam This was Churchill's phrase describing the European Defence
Community, the great issue with which he and Anthony Eden were confronted on their return to power in 1951. But why did Churchill's drive and enthusiasm for a united Europe diminish, and what was the influence of Eden at this time?
Contributors include LUKE BATTLE, ROBERT BOWIE, LORD CARR, SIR JOHN COLVILLE,
LORD GLADWYN. SIR ANTHONY NUTTING, SIR CON O'NEILL, SIR FRANK ROBERTS, LORD SHERFIELD, SIR EVELYN
SHUCKBURGH, LORD SOAMES and LORD THORNEYCROFT with recordings from the BBC Sound Archives Producer
ANTHONY MONCRIEFF

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Presented By:
Michael Charlton

BBC Radio 3

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