Britain in Global Politics, Volume 1: From Gladstone to Churchill

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.

Author: C. Baxter
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 09/26/2013
Pages: 291
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780230360440

About the Author
Philip Bell, University of Liverpool, UK John Fisher, University of the West of England Brian Holden Reid, King's College, London, UK Saul Kelly, King's College, London, UK Brian McKercher, Royal Military College of Canada Joe Maiolo, King's College, London UK T.G. Otte, University of East Anglia, UK Andrew Stewart, King's College, London, UK Glyn Stone, University of the West of England Martin Thomas, University of Exeter, UK