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- English
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The Official History of Britain and the Channel Tunnel
About this book
Commissioned by the Cabinet Office and using hitherto untapped British Government records, this book presents an in-depth analysis of the successful project of 1986-94.
This is a vivid portrayal of the complexities of quadripartite decision-making (two countries, plus the public and private sectors), revealing new insights into the role of the British and French Governments in the process. This important book, written by Britain's leading transport historian, will be essential reading for all those interested in PPPs, British and European economic history and international relations.
The building of the Channel Tunnel has been one of Europe's major projects and a testimony to British-French and public-private sector collaboration. However, Eurotunnel's current financial crisis provides a sobering backcloth for an examination of the British Government's long-term flirtation with the project, and, in particular, the earlier Tunnel project in the 1960s and early 1970s, which was abandoned by the British Government in 1975.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- List of figures
- List of cartoons
- List of tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and acronyms
- 1 Beginnings, 1802β1945
- 2 New aspirations: the Channel Tunnel project, 1945β64
- 3 Another false start: the Wilson Governments and the Tunnel, 1964β70
- 4 The Heath Government and the Tunnel: reaching agreement, 1970β2
- 5 The Heath Government and the Tunnel: taking the project forward, 1972β4
- 6 Abandonment, 1974β5
- 7 Keeping hopes alive, 1975β81
- 8 The Thatcher Governments and the Tunnel: from hope to eternity, 1981β4
- 9 The Thatcher Governments and the Tunnel: choosing a promoter, 1984β6
- 10 Eurotunnel: finance and construction, 1986β90
- 11 From Tunnel to transport facility, 1988β94
- 12 The Channel Tunnel: postscript, 1994β2005
- Notes
- Index