The postwar legacy of appeasement: British foreign policy since 1945
โ Scribed by Hughes, R. Gerald
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Year
- 2014;2013
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Table of Contents
List of figuresAcknowledgementsForeword by Lord Hennessy of NympsfieldIntroduction: Present histories and past follies: the legacy of appeasement and British foreign policy since 19451. In the footsteps of Cromwell: an empire against two evils, 1941-532. Churchill and Locarno, Eden and Geneva: the limits and possibilities of diplomacy3. 'I have never thought Nasser a Hitler': Suez and the shadow of Munich4. 'I will be no Mr. Chamberlain': Harold Macmillan and Berlin, 1958-625. Helsinki, 1975: Nuclear age Westphalia, Versailles or Munich?6. 'We have ceased to be a nation in retreat': Margaret Thatcher, the Falklands War and the negation of Munich and Suez7. In pursuit of a 'New World Order': liberating Kuwait, 1990-18. Appeasement and the politics of obstructionism: Britain and the dissolution of Bosnia9. 'History will be my judge': Blair's wars and the moral case against appeasementConclusion: Appeasement, British foreign policy and history BibliographyIndex
โฆ Subjects
Diplomatic relations;Online-Ressource;Great Britain -- Foreign relations;Great Britain
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