Agonizing Reappraisals: Anthony Eden, John Foster Dulles and the Crisis of European Defence, 1953-54.

Examines the agonizing appraisals made by the U.S. and Great Britain's commitment to European security in 1953 and 1954 if the rearmament of West Germany through the European Defence Community (EDC) came to nothing. Views of U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles on the EDC; Position of Great Britain on European integration; Support provided by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower to the EDC; Role of the Bermuda Conference in responding to the peace offensive launched by Soviet leaders.