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9780230220799

British Foreign and Defence Policy Since 1945 Challenges and Dilemmas in a Changing World

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  • ISBN13:

    9780230220799

  • ISBN10:

    0230220797

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-07-15
  • Publisher: Red Globe Pr
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Summary

Foreign policy has determined much of New Labour's 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.

Author Biography

ROBERT SELF is Professor of Governance and International Relations at London Metropolitan University.

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Historical Context
The Political and Economic Context
The Retreat from Empire
Britain, America and the Special Relationship
Britain and the European Dimension
Britain and the Wider World
Defence Policy and Nuclear Deterrence
Conventional Forces and the Problem of Strategic Over-stretch
New Labour, Humanitarian Intervention and Ethical Foreign Policy
The Policy Process
Conclusion - the Challenge of the New Global Order

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