British Foreign and Defence Policy Since 1945: Challenges and Dilemmas in a Changing World

ISBN-13: 9780230220799 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 288 str.

Robert Self

Opis

Foreign policy has dominated successive governments' time in office and cast a consistently long shadow over British politics in the period since 1945. Robert Self provides a readable and incisive assessment of the key issues and events from the retreat from empire through the cold war period to Humanitarian Intervention and the debacle in Iraq.

Spis treści

Introduction: Britain's Place in a Changing World British Power and the Burden of History From Empire to Commonwealth Britain, the Atlantic Alliance and the 'Special Relationship' Britain and the Europe The Problems of Conventional Defence Britain and the Bomb: The Quest to Nuclear Deterrent New Labour, the 'Ethical' Dimension' and 'Liberal Intervention' Making Foreign and Defence Policy Conclusion: The Challenge of an Uncertain Future.

O autorze

ROBERT SELF was formerly Professor of British Politics and Contemporary History at London Metropolitan University, UK.  He has authored or edited ten books including the first major biography of Neville Chamberlin to be based principally on an extensive range of archival sources.