| Description |
xii, 340 pages : maps. ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Britain's place in a changing world -- British power and the burden of history -- From Empire to Commonwealth -- Britain, the Atlantic alliance and the 'special relationship' -- Ernest Bevin and the policy of containment -- 'Special' once more? Thatcher, Major, Reagan and Bush, 1979-97 -- New Labour, Clinton and George W. Bush -- Britain and Europe -- Paying the price of victory -- 'Missing the boat': Britain's first two applications, 1955-69 -- Problems of conventional defence -- British military power: reacting to economic decline or adjusting to change? -- Blair, Brown and the crisis of military overstretch -- Britain and the bomb: the quest for a nuclear deterrent -- New labour and the upgrading of Trident -- New Labour, the 'ethical dimension' and 'liberal intervention -- Arms trade, bribery and the control of international corruption -- International development and developing world debt relief -- Making foreign and defence policy in a changing world -- Executive dominance in the formulation of foreign policy -- Challenge of an uncertain future |
| Summary |
The author provides a systematic and up-to-the-minute analysis of Britain's attachment to an increasingly unbalanced and ambivalent ̀special relationship' with the United States, the complexities of its selective Europeanism, the problems created by its retreat from empire and the successes and failures of the search for an ̀ethical dimension' in foreign policy. In addition, there is a detailed assessment of the commitment to ̀humanitarian intervention' that evolved during the Blair years and the more fundamental dilemma it highlighted as defence planners continue to struggle with the consequences of a chronic longterm misalignment between over-extended foreign policy ambitions and the financial and military resources available to fulfil those expectations --Book Jacket |
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The end of the Cold War, 9/11, conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the emergence of ̀rogue' and ̀failing' states, have all fundamentally served to transform the international arena and Britain's role and position within it. This volume sets out the choices, problems and dilemmas facing contemporary policy-makers against a background of British external policy responses to emerging challenges since 1945 -- |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Decolonization -- Great Britain.
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| SUBJECT |
United Kingdom -- Defenses.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115240
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1945-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056717
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Great Britain -- Military policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100235
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| LC no. |
2010284048 |
| ISBN |
0230220797 (hbk.) |
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0230220800 (paperback) |
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9780230220799 (hbk.) |
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9780230220805 (paperback) |
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