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Shaping British Foreign and Defence Policy in the Twentieth Century

A Tough Ask in Turbulent Times

  • Malcolm H. Murfett
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Part of the Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World book series (SCCCW)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction
    Malcolm H. Murfett
    Pages 1-9
  3. Professor David Neville Dilks, MA (Oxon), FRHistS, FRSL (1938-)
    Malcolm H. Murfett
    Pages 10-20
  4. The British Empire’s Image of East Asia, 1900–41
    Antony Best
    Pages 21-40
  5. The Struggle to Maintain Locarno Diplomacy
    Frank Magee
    Pages 41-63
  6. ‘Leaving Us in the Lurch’
    Peter Bell
    Pages 64-85
  7. Chamberlain, the British Army and the ‘Continental Commitment’
    G. C. Peden
    Pages 86-110
  8. Eden, the Foreign Office and the ‘German Problem’, 1935–38
    G. T. P. Waddington
    Pages 111-135
  9. Harold Nicolson and Appeasement
    John W. Young
    Pages 136-158
  10. Another Jewel Forsaken
    Malcolm H. Murfett
    Pages 159-192
  11. Quadruple Failure?
    Brian P. Farrell
    Pages 193-239
  12. GCHQ and UK Computer Policy
    Richard J. Aldrich
    Pages 240-253
  13. Back Matter
    Pages 254-288
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About this book

Introduction

This volume is devoted to the shaping of British foreign and defence policymaking in the twentieth century and illustrates why it's relatively easy for states to lose their way as they grope for a safe passage forward when confronted by mounting international crises and the antics of a few desperate men.

Keywords

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Editors and affiliations

  • Malcolm H. Murfett
    • 1
  1. 1.King’s College LondonUK

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137431493
  • Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
  • eBook Packages Palgrave History Collection
  • Print ISBN 978-1-349-49227-5
  • Online ISBN 978-1-137-43149-3
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