From Churchill to Blair
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From Churchill to Blair
（Security, conflict and cooperation in the contemporary world / edited by Effie G.H. Pedaliu and John W. Young, . Britain in global politics ; v. 2）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
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One of two volumes of essays dedicated to the memory of Saki Ruth Dockrill, professor of Contemporary History and International Security at King's College, London
"Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2013"--T.p. verso of softcover
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This collection of essays focuses Britain's role in global affairs since the Second World War. The essays cover a broad field, from relations with Japan and China, through European and African developments, to defence planning in Whitehall.
Table of Contents
- List of Key Publications by Saki Dockrill List of Abbreviations Notes on the Contributors Preface by the Editors Eulogy: Remembering Saki Dockrill, Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman 1. Britain and the Origins of the Religious Cold War, 1944-47
- Dianne Kirby 2. 'Journey into a Desert': British perceptions of Poland's recovered western territories, 1945-48
- Alastair Noble 3. 'Exodus 1947': British Propaganda and Illegal Immigration into Palestine
- Catherine J. Utting 4. Britain, the US and the Issue of 'Limited War' with China, 1950-55
- Kevin Ruane 5. 'To Stay or to Walk': The British and the Defence of Domestic Jurisdiction at the United Nations, 1950-56
- Edward Johnson 6. 'A Cardinal Point of our World Strategy': the Foreign Office and the Normalization of Relations with Japan, 1952-63
- Antony Best 7. Anglo-American Diplomacy and the Congo Crisis, 1960-63: The not so Special Relationship
- John Kent 8. The US Embassy in London and Britain's Withdrawal from East of Suez, 1961-69
- John W. Young 9. 'We were always realistic': The Heath Government, the EEC and the Cold War Mediterranean, June 1970 - February 1974
- Effie G. H. Pedaliu 10. Keeping Britain 'at the top table' - the Perceptions of UK Policymakers, 1956-90
- Michael D. Kandiah and Gillian Staerck 11. The British Embassy in Washington and Anglo-American Relations during the Blair Governments, 1997-2007
- Michael F. Hopkins 12. 'The Thin Wisps of Tomorrow': the Horizon-scanner's Craft
- Peter Hennessy
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