Britain's international role 1970 - 1991
"Michael Turner offers a detailed examination of Britain's role and influence in the 1970s and 1980s, a time of rapid change when Britain could no longer expect to be treated as one of the 'Big Three' world powers. This book examines the key decisions, their consequences, and pla...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York u.a.
Palgrave Macmillan
2010
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
| Schriftenreihe: | British studies series
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "Michael Turner offers a detailed examination of Britain's role and influence in the 1970s and 1980s, a time of rapid change when Britain could no longer expect to be treated as one of the 'Big Three' world powers. This book examines the key decisions, their consequences, and places British policy-making in its international context"--Provided by publisher |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: 'Doomed steadily to diminish'? -- Accommodating Change -- Questions of Defence and De;tente -- The Beginning of a New World Order? -- Quarrelling with Allies -- Confronting the Soviets -- Multi-Polarity and Nuclear Weapons -- The Approach of Victory in the Cold War -- Extra-European Affairs -- Dealing with the Middle East -- The Falklands Crisis: Causes and Consequences -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
| Beschreibung: | VI, 288 S. |
| ISBN: | 9780230577725 978-0-230-57772-5 9780230577718 978-0-230-57771-8 |