British foreign and defence policy since 1945 : challenges and dilemmas in a changing world

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British foreign and defence policy since 1945 : challenges and dilemmas in a changing world

Robert Self

Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-326) and index

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Description

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.

Table of Contents

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.

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