Economic Doldrums in the WestHistory 337 / March 5, 2012

The Hague Conference, Dec. 1969: “relaunching” Europe(Here: Willy Brandt and Georges Pompidou in conversation)

Luxembourg’sPierre Werner

The “Werner Plan”(October 1970)

Britain’s Conservatives under Ted Heath win,

unexpectedly(June 1970)

The “Nixon shock”(August 1971)

The Smithsonian Conference of Finance Ministers

(Dec. 1971)

Nixon and Kissinger in 1973

The Yom Kippur War (October 1973)

Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani(here: at an OPEC conference in Vienna, 1974)

“Horsepower” during the 1973 energy crisis

Empty highways near Cologne(Sunday traffic bans, late 1973)

France, under Pompidou, cuts side

deals with oil- producing

states

Britain’s North Sea oil rigs(major production begins in

late 1970s)

Coal miners on strike in South Wales

More British workers on strike

Heath asks: “Who governs Britain?”

Harold Wilson demands a

“renegotiation” of Britain’s contributions

to the EEC

Britain’s referendum on Europe:Heath beams at the strong “yes” vote

(67.2% in favor; 32.8% opposed)

Helmut Schmidt, a “manager” as chancellor (1974-1982)

Schmidt & Giscard:the “Franco-German motor”

The World Economic Summit,Rambouillet, France, November 1975

Leicester Square, London, during the“Winter of Discontent” (1978/79)