1. Economic Doldrums in the West History 337 / March 5, 2012

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

3. Luxembourg’s Pierre Werner The “Werner Plan” (October 1970)

4. Britain’s Conservatives under Ted Heath win, unexpectedly (June 1970)

5. The “Nixon shock” (August 1971)

6. The Smithsonian Conference of Finance Ministers (Dec. 1971)

7. Nixon and Kissinger in 1973

8. The Yom Kippur War (October 1973)

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

10. “Horsepower” during the 1973 energy crisis

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

12. France, under Pompidou, cuts side deals with oil- producing states

13. Britain’s North Sea oil rigs (major production begins in late 1970s)

14. Coal miners on strike in South Wales

15. More British workers on strike

16. Heath asks: “Who governs Britain?”

17. Harold Wilson demands a “renegotiation” of Britain’s contributions to the EEC

18. Britain’s referendum on Europe: Heath beams at the strong “yes” vote (67.2% in favor; 32.8% opposed)

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

20. Schmidt & Giscard: the “Franco-German motor”

21. The World Economic Summit, Rambouillet, France, November 1975

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