 | The Official History of Britain and the Channel Tunnel Subjects: Politics & International Relations; Area Studies; Economics Finance Business & Industry; Engineering & Technology; European Studies; Business Management and Marketing; History of Engineering & Technology; British Politics; European Politics; Civil Environmental and Geotechnical Engineering; Tunnelling & Underground Engineering; Civil Engineering History; French Politics; 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 isnbsp;a vivid portrayal of the complexities of quadripartite decision-making (two countries, plusnbsp;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,nbsp;British and Europeannbsp;economic historynbsp;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. nbsp; |
