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Britain in global politics. Volume 1 from Gladstone to Churchill /

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.

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Group Author: Baxter, Christopher.; Dockrill, M. L., (Michael L.); Hamilton, Keith, 1942-
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Security, conflict and cooperation in the contemporary world
Subjects:
International relations > History > 19th century.
International relations > History > 20th century.
British & Irish history > 20th century > 20th century > United Kingdom, Great Britain.
International relations > 20th century > 20th century > United Kingdom, Great Britain.
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 > 20th century > 20th century > United Kingdom, Great Britain.
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 > 20th century > 20th century > United Kingdom, Great Britain.
History.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 19th century.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 20th century.
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137367822
Summary: 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.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230360440.
Carrier Form: 312 p. : 1 b&w, halftones.
ISBN: 9781137367822 :
1137367822 :
CLC: D81
Contents: Introduction Saki Ruth Dockrill, 'no ordinary professor'-- Brian Holden Reid 1. 'A Very Internecine Policy': Anglo-Russian cold wars before the Cold War-- T.G. Otte 2. Curzon's War and Curzon's Peace-- John Fisher 3. Markers of Modernity or Agents of Terror?: Air Policing and Colonial Revolt after World War I-- Martin Thomas 4. Addressing the Past: The Foreign Office and the Vetting of Diplomatic and Ministerial Memoirs During the Years between the World Wars-- Keith Hamilton 5. The Secret Intelligence Service and China: The Case of Hilaire Noulens, 1923-1932-- Christopher Baxter 6. Strategy and Foreign Policy in Great Britain, 1930-1938: From the Pursuit of Balance of Power to Appeasement-- B.J.C. McKercher 7. 'Thank God for the French Army': Churchill, France and an Alternative to Appeasement in the 1930s-- Philip Bell 8. Britain and the Spanish Connection, 1931-1947: Non-intervention and the Regime Change-- Glyn Stone 9. 'To Gamble all on a Single Throw': Neville Chamberlain and the Strategy of the Phoney War-- Joe Maiolo 10-- The Committee on American Opinion on the British Empire, 1942-1944-- Andrew Stewart 11. The Colonial versus the Anti-Colonial: the Failure of Anglo-American Planning on the Future of the Italian Colonies, September 1943 - June 1945-- Saul Kelly.

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