The British Empire And The Early Cold War
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Author | : John Kent |
Publisher | : Burns & Oates |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download British Imperial Strategy and the Origins of the Cold War, 1944-49 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Christopher Sutton |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2014 |
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Author | : Anne Deighton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Cold War |
ISBN | : |
Download Britain and the First Cold War Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Chi-kwan Mark |
Publisher | : Clarendon Press |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2004-08-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0191515205 |
Download Hong Kong and the Cold War Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
After 1949, the British Empire in Hong Kong was more vulnerable than the lack of Chinese demand for return and the success of Hong Kong's economic transformations might have suggested. Its vulnerability stemmed as much from Britain's imperial decline and America's Cold War requirements as from a Chinese threat. It culminated in the little known '1957 Question', a year when the British position in Hong Kong appeared more uncertain than any time since 1949. This is the first scholarly study that places Hong Kong at the heart of the Anglo-American relationship in the wider context of the Cold War in Asia. Unlike existing works, which tend to treat British and US policies in isolation, this book explores their dynamic interactions - how the two allies perceived, responded to, and attempted to influence each other's policies and actions. It also provides a major reinterpretation of Hong Kong's involvement in the containment of China. Dr Mark argues that, concerned about possible Chinese retaliation, the British insisted and the Americans accepted that Hong Kong's role should be as discreet and non-confrontational in nature as possible. Above all, top decision-makers in Washington evaluated Hong Kong's significance not in its own right, but in the context of the Anglo-American relationship: Hong Kong was seen primarily as a bargaining chip to obtain British support for US policy elsewhere in Asia. By using a variety of British and US archival material as well as Chinese sources, Dr Mark examines how the British and US government discussed, debated, and disagreed over Hong Kong's role in the Cold War, and reveals the dynamics of the Anglo-American alliance and the dilemmas of small allies in a global conflict.
Author | : David French |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2012-01-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199548234 |
Download Army, Empire, and Cold War Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
David French explores Britain's post-war defence policy, placing the army centre-stage. He sheds new light on this critical period by drawing from a range of primary sources and explains why we should remember the forgotten post-war British army.
Author | : Anne Deighton |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2016-01-08 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1349107565 |
Download Britain and the Cold War Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This collection challenges views of the Cold War as a purely bipolar affair, involving only the United States and the Soviet Union. It shows that Britain took a lead and continued to play an part in a drive to contain communism and that she tried to keep her own position as a great world power.
Author | : Christopher Sutton |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 235 |
Release | : 2016-11-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 3319334913 |
Download Britain’s Cold War in Cyprus and Hong Kong Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Linking two defining narratives of the twentieth century, Sutton’s comparative study of Hong Kong and Cyprus – where two of the empire’s most effective communist parties operated – examines how British colonial policy-makers took to cultural and ideological battlegrounds to fight the anti-colonial imperialism of their communist enemies in the Cold War. The structure and intentional nature of the British colonial system grants unprecedented access to British perceptions and strategies, which sought to balance constructive socio-political investments with regressive and self-defeating repression, neither of which Britain could afford in the Cold War conflict of empires.
Author | : Calder Walton |
Publisher | : ABRAMS |
Total Pages | : 461 |
Release | : 2014-10-29 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1468310437 |
Download Empire of Secrets Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The renowned espionage historian offers “a gripping account of British intelligence during the last days of empire” (The Daily Telegraph). Drawing on a wealth of newly declassified records and hitherto overlooked personal papers, intelligence expert Calder Walton offers a compelling and authoritative history of Britain’s espionage activities after World War II. A major addition to intelligence literature, this is the first book to utilize records from the Foreign Office’s secret archive, which contains some of the darkest and most shameful secrets from the last days of Britain’s empire. Working clandestinely, MI5 operatives helped to prop up newly independent states across the globe against a ceaseless campaign of Communist subversion. Though the CIA is often assumed to be the principal actor against the Soviet Union through the Cold War, Britain plays a key role through its so-called “special relationship” with the United States. In Empire of Secrets, Walton sheds new light on everything from violent counterinsurgencies fought by British forces in the jungles of Malaya and Kenya, to urban warfare campaigns conducted in Palestine and the Arabian Peninsula. The stories here have chilling contemporary resonance, detailing the use and abuse of intelligence by governments that oversaw state-sanctioned terrorism, wartime rendition, and “enhanced” interrogation. “An important and highly original account of postwar British intelligence.” —The Wall Street Journal
Author | : Andrea Benvenuti |
Publisher | : NUS Press |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2017-05-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9814722197 |
Download Cold War and Decolonisation Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Australia’s policy towards Britain’s end of empire in Southeast Asia influenced the course of this decolonization in the region. In this book, Andrea Benvenuti discusses the development of Australia’s foreign and defence policies towards Malaya and Singapore in light of the redefinition of Britain’s imperial role in Southeast Asia and the formation of new post-colonial states. Placed within the emerging literature on the global impact of the Cold War, the book sheds new light on the choices made – by Australia, by Britain and the new emerging states – in these crucial years.
Author | : Walter LaFeber |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : 9780471511403 |
Download The Origins of the Cold War, 1941-1947 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle