Britain in Global Politics Volume 1

Britain in Global Politics Volume 1
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 506
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ISBN-10 : 9781137367822
ISBN-13 : 1137367822
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Book Synopsis Britain in Global Politics Volume 1 by : C. Baxter

Download or read book Britain in Global Politics Volume 1 written by C. Baxter and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of essays focuses upon Britain's international and imperial role from the mid-Victorian era through until the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. Individual chapters by acknowledged authorities in their field deal with a variety of broad-ranging and particular issues, including: 'cold wars' before the Cold War in Anglo-Russian relations; Lord Curzon and the diplomacy of war and peace-making; air-power as an instrument of colonial control; Foreign Office efforts to frame and influence the historical narrative; Winston Churchill's alternative to, and the pursuit of, policies of 'appeasement'; British responses to conflict and regime change in Spain; the Secret Intelligence Service and British diplomacy in East Asia'; Neville Chamberlain and the 'phoney war'; efforts to combat American misperceptions of Britain in wartime; and British-American differences over the future of Italy's colonial possessions. This collection, along with the accompanying volume covering the period after World War 2, is dedicated to the memory of Professor Saki Dockrill.


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