British foreign and defence policy since 1945
Subtitle: challenges and dilemmas in a changing world
By: Robert Self
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer; Red Globe Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Basingstoke, Hampshire [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780230220799; 9780230220805
Subjects: Decolonization; Foreign relations; Military policy; Defenses
Other titles: British foreign and defense policy since 1945; British foreign & defense policy since 1945
Description: Foreign policy has determined much of New Labour's time in office and cast a long shadow over British politics in the period since 1945. Robert Self provides an incisive assessment of the key issues and events from the retreat from empire through the Cold War period to humanitarian intervention and the situation in Iraq.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-326) and index.
Table of contents: title: Britain's place in a changing world; title: British power and the burden of history; title: From empire to commonwealth; title: Britain, the Atlantic Alliance and the "special relationship"; title: Britain and Europe; title: The problems of conventional defence; title: Britain and the bomb : the quest for a nuclear deterrent; title: New labour, the "ethical dimension" and "liberal intervention"; title: Making foreign and defence policy in a changing world; title: The challenge of an uncertain future.