The Official History Of Britain And The Channel Tunnel (government Official History Series)

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. BOOK COVER......Page 1 HALF TITLE......Page 2 SERIES TITLE......Page 3 TITLE......Page 4 COPYRIGHT......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 8 FIGURES......Page 10 CARTOONS......Page 11 TABLES......Page 12 PREFACE......Page 14 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 17 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS......Page 18 1. BEGINNINGS, 1802–1945......Page 24 2. NEW ASPIRATIONS......Page 39 3. ANOTHER FALSE START......Page 69 4. THE HEATH GOVERNMENT AND THE TUNNEL......Page 102 5. THE HEATH GOVERNMENT AND THE TUNNEL......Page 130 6. ABANDONMENT, 1974–5......Page 157 7. KEEPING HOPES ALIVE, 1975–81......Page 194 8. THE THATCHER GOVERNMENTS AND THE TUNNEL......Page 230 9. THE THATCHER GOVERNMENTS AND THE TUNNEL......Page 270 10. EUROTUNNEL......Page 308 11. FROM TUNNEL TO TRANSPORT FACILITY, 1988-94......Page 345 12. THE CHANNEL TUNNEL......Page 387 NOTES......Page 409 INDEX......Page 534 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. It is a portrayal of the complexities of quadripartite decision-making, revealing insights into the role of the British and French Governments in the process Presenting the history of the building of the Channel Tunnel, this book offers a vivid portrayal of the complexities of quadripartite decision-making, revealing insights into the role of the British and French Governments in the process Terry Gourvish ; Research, Mike Anson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.