Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 From Indifference to Hostility: Britain, Germany and the Messina Project -- 2 Entering Wedge or Counterblast? Britain's Plan G -- 3 Mistaken, Misled or Misguided? British Hopes for German Mediation during the FTA Negotiations -- 4 'Bridge-Building' or: the Trade War That Never Was -- 5 'Bully the Germans - Buy the French': Towards Britain's First Application -- Conclusion: Intersection or Periphery? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Z.