Britain in Global Politics Volume 1 [electronic resource] : From Gladstone to Churchill /
Baxter, C.editor.
Dockrill, M.editor.
Hamilton, K.editor.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""A List of Saki Dockrillâ€?s KeyPublications""; ""Preface and Acknowledgements""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""Introduction: Saki Ruth Dockrill, â€?No Ordinary Professorâ€?                                                                ""; ""1 â€?A Very Internecine Policyâ€?: Angloâ€?Russian Cold Wars before the Cold War""; ""2 Curzonâ€?s War and Curzonâ€?s Peace""; ""3 Markers of Modernity or Agents of Terror? Air Policing and Colonial Revolt after World War I""
""4 Addressing the Past: The Foreign Office and the Vetting of Diplomatic and Ministerial Memoirs during the Years between the World Wars""""5 The Secret Intelligence Service and China: The Case of Hilaire Noulens, 1923â€?1932""; ""6 Strategy and Foreign Policy in Great Britain, 1930â€?1938: From the Pursuit of the Balance of Power to Appeasement""; ""7 â€?Thank God for the French Armyâ€?: Churchill, France and an Alternative to Appeasement in the 1930s""; ""8 Britain and the Spanish Connection, 1931â€?1947: Non-intervention and Regime Change""
""9 â€?To Gamble All on a Single Throwâ€?: Neville Chamberlain and the Strategy of the Phoney War""""10 The Committee on American Opinion on the British Empire, 1942â€?1944""; ""11 The Colonial versus the Anti-Colonial: The Failure of Angloâ€?American Planning on the Future of the Italian Colonies, September 1943â€?June 1945""; ""Index            ""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Great Britain-History.
Imperialism.
World politics.
World history.
International relations.
History, Modern.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Imperialism and Colonialism.
Political History.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
International Relations.
Modern History.