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Book Synopsis British Defence Policy Since 1945 by : Ritchie Ovendale
Download or read book British Defence Policy Since 1945 written by Ritchie Ovendale and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on excerpts from original sources, this book provides an introduction to the controversies and dilemmas that have confronted those making and implementing British defence policy since the end of World War II. Ovendale explores the policy dilemmas caused by Britain's parallel commitments to continental Europe and to a global foreign policy, the legacy of her imperial past. He also examines the decision in 1957 to rely on the nuclear deterrent, abolish conscription and move away from a maritime strategy; and the role of the Treasury in dictating the limits of British defence policy.
Book Synopsis British Foreign and Defence Policy Since 1945 by : Robert Self
Download or read book British Foreign and Defence Policy Since 1945 written by Robert Self and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-23 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreign policy has dominated successive governments' time in office and cast a consistently long shadow over British politics in the period since 1945. Robert Self provides a readable and incisive assessment of the key issues and events from the retreat from empire through the cold war period to Humanitarian Intervention and the debacle in Iraq.
Book Synopsis Making British Defence Policy by : Robert Self
Download or read book Making British Defence Policy written by Robert Self and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-06-16 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the process by which defence policy is made in contemporary Britain and the institutions, actors and conflicting interests which interact in its inception and continuous reformulation. Rather than dealing with the substance of defence policy, this study focuses upon the institutional actors involved in this process. This is a subject which has commanded far more interest from public, Parliament, government and the armed forces since the protracted, bloody and ultimately unsuccessful British military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. The work begins with a discussion of two contextual factors shaping policy. The first relates to the impact of Britain’s ‘special relationship’ with the United States over defence and intelligence matters, while the second considers the impact of Britain’s relatively disappointing economic performance upon the funding of British defence since 1945. It then goes on to explore the role and impact of all the key policy actors, from the Prime Minister, Cabinet and core executive, to the Ministry of Defence and its relations with the broader ‘Whitehall village’, and the Foreign Office and Treasury in particular. The work concludes by examining the increasing influence of external policy actors and forces, such as Parliament, the courts, political parties, pressure groups and public opinion. This book will be of much interest to students of British defence policy, security studies, and contemporary military history.
Book Synopsis British Defence Since 1945 by : Michael Dockrill
Download or read book British Defence Since 1945 written by Michael Dockrill and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1991-01-08 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dockrill looks at how British defence police has balanced the country's need to maintain the status of an independent nuclear power with its diminishing role in world politics. (Technology & Industrial)
Book Synopsis British Public Opinion on Foreign and Defence Policy by : Ben Clements
Download or read book British Public Opinion on Foreign and Defence Policy written by Ben Clements and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-11-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a long-term perspective on the opinions of the British public on foreign and defence policy in the post-war era. Thematically wide-ranging, it looks at the broader role of foreign and defence policy in British politics and elections, public opinion towards Britain’s key international relationships and alliances (the United States, NATO, the EU and the Commonwealth), and public opinion towards the projection of ‘soft power’ (overseas aid) and ‘hard power’ (defence spending, nuclear weapons and military intervention). Assessing the main areas of change and continuity in the public’s views, it also pays close attention to the dividing lines in wider society over foreign and defence policy. Analysing an extensive range of surveys and opinion polls, the book situates the analysis in the wider context of Britain’s changing foreign policy role and priorities in the post-war era, as well as linking public opinion with the politics of British external policy – the post-war consensus on Britain’s overseas role, historical and contemporary areas of inter-party debate, and enduring intra-party divides. This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of British politics, European politics, foreign policy analysis, public opinion, defence and security studies and more broadly to comparative politics and international relations.
Book Synopsis Britain and Defence 1945-2000 by : Stuart Croft
Download or read book Britain and Defence 1945-2000 written by Stuart Croft and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides a concise thematic introduction to the evolution of British defence policy since the end of the second world war
Book Synopsis Intelligence, Defence and Diplomacy by : Richard J. Aldrich
Download or read book Intelligence, Defence and Diplomacy written by Richard J. Aldrich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-23 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was Britain's reaction to the death of Stalin? How has Britain reconciled a modern nuclear strategy with its traditional imperial defence commitments around the world? How has secret intelligence affected the Special Relationship' since 1945? Certain clear questions and perennial themes run through British overseas policy since 1945. This book examines them, drawing on new research by leading historians and scholars in the field.
Book Synopsis Tightrope Walking by : Michael Carver
Download or read book Tightrope Walking written by Michael Carver and published by Random House (UK). This book was released on 1992 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The object of defence policy, states Lord Carver, is to provide those who direct affairs with the greatest possible freedom of action in furthering the interests of the nation. In telling the story of British defence policy from VE-Day to the Gulf War and the collapse of Communism, he illustrates the key decisions which had the greatest influence on us as a nation. His narrative pinpoints the painful transitions involved in a long retreat from Empire, and the adjustments which have been made - some voluntarily, some under pressure - to take account of Britain's changing role in the world.
Book Synopsis Army, Empire, and Cold War by : David French
Download or read book Army, Empire, and Cold War written by David French and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-26 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David French explores Britain's post-war defence policy, placing the army centre-stage. He sheds new light on this critical period by drawing from a range of primary sources and explains why we should remember the forgotten post-war British army.
Download or read book The Long Retreat written by C.J. Bartlett and published by Springer. This book was released on 1972-06-18 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis British Foreign Policy Since 1945 by : Mark Garnett
Download or read book British Foreign Policy Since 1945 written by Mark Garnett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings a chronological approach to the study of British foreign policy since the Second World War in order to make the principal events and dynamics accessible within a broader historical and cultural context.
Book Synopsis Hot War, Cold War by : Colin McInnes
Download or read book Hot War, Cold War written by Colin McInnes and published by Potomac Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an examination of the way in which the British Army has fought its wars since 1945, and of the Army's place in defence policy. It covers a variety of conflicts in which the Army has been used from Korea and Kuwait to Northern Ireland.
Book Synopsis Losing an Empire, Finding a Role by : David Sanders
Download or read book Losing an Empire, Finding a Role written by David Sanders and published by Red Globe Press. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informed by Winston Churchill's famous metaphor, successive British governments have shaped their foreign policy thinking around the belief that Britain's overseas interests lie in three interlocking 'circles': in Europe, in the Commonwealth, and in the 'special relationship' across the Atlantic. Recent administrations may have updated the language in terms of 'bridges', 'hubs' and 'networks', but the notion of Britain as somehow at the centre of things remains a vital idea. In this updated edition of a classic text, David Sanders and David Patrick Houghton examine British foreign policy since 1945 through the prism of these three circles. Taking account of major developments from the ending of the Cold War, through 9/11 and the so-called War on Terror, to Britain's historic decision to leave the European Union, it provides a masterly account of Britain's changing place in the world and of the policy calculations and deeper structural factors that help explain changes in strategy. Combining chronological narrative with careful consideration of the main theories of foreign policy analysis and international relations, this book provide a reliable and comprehensive introduction to the evolution of British external policy, including economic and defence policy, in the postwar period. Characterized by its accessible style and depth of analysis, and now fully updated in line with 21st century developments, Losing an Empire, Finding a Role will remain an invaluable guide to British foreign policy for students of international relations or foreign policy at any level.“br> New to this Edition: - Updated coverage of events, including 'the War on Terror' and Brexit - Reformulated analysisto cover the updates inscholarship
Book Synopsis British Intelligence, Strategy and the Cold War, 1945-51 by : Richard J. Aldrich
Download or read book British Intelligence, Strategy and the Cold War, 1945-51 written by Richard J. Aldrich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-12 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cold War is often considered to be the quintessential intelligence conflict. Yet secret intelligence remains the `missing dimension' of Britain's Cold War history. This volume offers an authoritative picture of Britain's clandestine role in the development of the Cold War focusing upon the key issues of intelligence and strategy.
Book Synopsis British Defence Since 1945 by : Michael L. Dockrill
Download or read book British Defence Since 1945 written by Michael L. Dockrill and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Britain and the Economic Problem of the Cold War by : Till Geiger
Download or read book Britain and the Economic Problem of the Cold War written by Till Geiger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many accounts of British development since 1945 have attempted to discover why Britain experienced slower rates of economic growth than other Western European countries. In many cases, the explanation for this phenomenon has been attributed to the high level of defence spending that successive British post-war governments adhered to. Yet is it fair to assume that Britain's relative economic decline could have been prevented if policy makers had not spent so much on defence? Examining aspects of the political economy and economic impact of British defence expenditure in the period of the first cold war (1945-1955), this book challenges these widespread assumptions, looking in detail at the link between defence spending and economic decline. In contrast to earlier studies, Till Geiger not only analyses the British effort within the framework of Anglo-American relations, but also places it within the wider context of European integration. By reconsidering the previously accepted explanation of the economic impact of the British defence effort during the immediate post-war period, this book convincingly suggests that British foreign policy-makers retained a large defence budget to offset a sense of increased national vulnerability, brought about by a reduction in Britain's economic strength due to her war effort. Furthermore, it is shown that although this level of military spending may have slightly hampered post-war recovery, it was not in itself responsible for the decline of the British economy.
Download or read book After The Bomb written by M. Grant and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-11-12 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Civil defence was an integral part of Britain's modern history. Throughout the cold war it was a central response of the British Government to the threat of war. This book will be the first history of the preparations to fight a nuclear war taken in Britain between the end of the Second World War and 1968.
