Cold War Britain, 1945-1964
Subtitle: new perspectives
By: edited by Michael F. Hopkins, Michael D. Kandiah and Gillian Staerck.
Contributors: Hopkins, Michael F. 1953-; Kandiah, Michael, 1962-; Staerck, Gillian.
Series: Cold War history series; Cold War history series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Houndmills, Hampshire, U.K; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Cold War.; Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth II, 1952-; Great Britain -- History -- George VI, 1936-1952.
Description: "This book aims to deepen our understanding of Britain's role by both revisiting commonly accepted central issues and revealing under-explored topics and themes during the early Cold War years. Additionally, it examines Britain's response in a wider context: against the backdrop of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Anglo-Russian antagonism, the domestic political and economic scene, and the UK's particular position in the world after the end of the Second World War."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-237) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Notes on Contributors vii; title: Acknowledgements ix; title: Introduction 1; title: Michael F. Hopkins, Michael D. Kandiah and Gillian Staerck; title: Part I Prelude to the Cold War; title: 1 Britain and the Origins of the Cold War 1917-1925 7; title: Erik Goldstein; title: Part II The Cold War at Home and Abroad; title: 2 Herbert Morrison, the Cold War and Anglo-American Relations, 1945-1951 17; title: Michael F. Hopkins; title: 3 The Conservative Party and the Early Cold War: The Construction of 'New' Conservatism 30; title: Michael D. Kandiah; title: Part III Themes in Diplomacy; title: 4 Waging the Economic Cold War: Britain and CoCom, 1948-54 41; title: Ian R. W. Jackson; title: 5 Fight Against Peace? Britain and the Partisans of Peace, 1948-1951 55; title: John Jenks; title: 6 'Our Staunchest Friends and Allies in Europe': Britain's Special Relationship with Scandinavia, 1945-1953 67; title: Juhana Aunesluoma; title: 7 Revisiting Rapallo: Britain, Germany and the Cold War, 1945-1955 81; title: Spencer Mawby; title: Part IV Defence Studies; title: 8 Defence or Deterrence? The Royal Navy and the Cold War, 1945-1955 97; title: Ian Speller; title: 9 From 'Hot War' to 'Cold War': Western Europe in British Grand Strategy, 1945-1948 111; title: Martin A.L. Longden; title: 10 Whatever Happened to the Fourth British Empire? The Cold War, Empire Defence and the USA, 1943-1957 127; title: Wayne M. Reynolds; title: Part V Regional Studies; title: 11 Coal and the Origins of the Cold War: The British Dilemma over Coal Supplies from the Ruhr, 1946 143; title: Sean Greenwood; title: 12 The Algerian War, De Gaulle and Anglo-American Relations, 1958 155; title: Gillian Staerck; title: 13 A Transfer of Power? Britain, the Anglo-American Relationship and the Cold War in the Middle East, 1957-1962 168; title: Stephen J. Blackwell; title: 14 The Origins of Konfrontasi: Britain, the Cold War and the Creation of Malaysia, 1960-1963 180; title: Peter Busch; title: Notes 193; title: Bibliography 231; title: Index 238.