Part I: The Crisis Looms* Britain, the United States and the Rearming of Germany June 1950 to May 1952 * Anglo-American Relations and the European Defence Community, May 1952 to December 1953 *Part II: The Crisis Breaks* A Parting of the Ways: The Bermuda Conference and Paris N.A.T.O. Council, December 1953 * The Death of the E.D.C., July to August 1954 *Part III: The Crisis Resolved* Selling the Solution: British Crisis Management, September 1954 * The London Nine-Power Conference, September to October 1954 * Phoenix from the Ashes: The Birth of the Western European Union, October 1954 to May 1955 *Part IV: Conclusion* Conclusion: 'Agonizing Reappraisals' Part I: The Crisis Looms* Britain, the United States and the Rearming of Germany June 1950 to May 1952 * Anglo-American Relations and the European Defence Community, May 1952 to December 1953 *Part II: The Crisis Breaks* A Parting of the Ways: The Bermuda Conference and Paris N.

A.T.O. Council, December 1953 * The Death of the E.D.C., July to August 1954 *Part III: The Crisis Resolved* Selling the Solution: British Crisis Management, September 1954 * The London Nine-Power Conference, September to October 1954 * Phoenix from the Ashes: The Birth of the Western European Union, October 1954 to May 1955 *Part IV: Conclusion* Conclusion: 'Agonizing Reappraisals'.