Britain and world power since 1945 : constructing a nation's role in international politics /

"Though Britain's descent from global imperial power began in World War II and continued over the subsequent decades, with decolonization, military withdrawal, and integration into the European Union, its foreign policy has remained that of a Great Power. David M. McCourt maintains that th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCourt, David M. (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor [Michigan] : The University of Michigan Press [2014]
Series:Configurations (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3998/mpub.6550836
Table of Contents:
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Foreword / Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, Configurations Series Editor
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The Roles Nations Play
  • Chapter 2. The Suez Crisis, 1956
  • Chapter 3. The Skybolt Affair, 1962
  • Chapter 4. Britain's Second Application to the EEC, 1964-1967
  • Chapter 5. Britain's Reinvasion of the Falklands, 1982
  • Conclusion
  • Epilogue: Britain and World Power in the Twenty-First Century
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.