Literature
Duke, S., The Elusive Question for European Security: From EDC to CFSP, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2000.
Ruane, K., The Rise and Fall of the European Defence Community: Anglo-American Relations and the Crisis of European Defence, 1950-55, Houndmills, Macmillan, 2000.
Clesse, A., Le Project de C.E.D. du Plan Pleven au "crime" du 30 août: histoire d'un malentendu européen, Baden-Baden, Nomos, 1989.
Fursdon, E., The European Defence Community: A History, Macmillan Press, 1980.
Other Links
Full text of the draft treaty of 2 November 1961 proposing an intergovernmental alternative to the nascent European Communities.
Draft Treaty - Fouchet Plan II
Text of the revised draft, presented on 18 January 1962.
Provides information on the background to the formation of the EDC following the Second World War, as well as the reasons behind it's failure. In French.