1. Magazine: 8 February 2014
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Christopher Booker

How the first world war inspired the EU

How the first world war inspired the EU. And why its supporters won’t tell you

From magazine issue: 8 February 2014
How the first world war inspired the EU
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The first session of the Council of the League of Nations, 15th November 1920 Photo: Getty

Jean Monnet Photo: AFP/Getty

The United States of Europe

Foreign affairs ministers at the 'Treaty of Rome' creating the European Economic community (EEC) and the Euratom, March 25, 1957 Photo: AFP/Getty

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A poster for The League of Nations, 1920. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow. Photo: Getty

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The Great Deception

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