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Shaping British foreign and defence policy in the twentieth century = a tough ask in turbulent times /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Shaping British foreign and defence policy in the twentieth century/ Edited by Malcolm Murfett.
Reminder of title:	a tough ask in turbulent times /
Author:	Murfett, Malcolm,
Published:	Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan : : 2014.,
Description:	304 p. :2 ill. :
Notes:	Electronic book text.
Subject:	20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 - 20th century - United Kingdom, Great Britain. -
Subject:	Great Britain - Relations - European Union countries. -
Online resource:	Online journal 'available contents' page
ISBN:	1137431490 (electronic bk.) :

Shaping British foreign and defence policy in the twentieth century = a tough ask in turbulent times /
Murfett, Malcolm,

Shaping British foreign and defence policy in the twentieth centurya tough ask in turbulent times /[electronic resource] :Edited by Malcolm Murfett. - 1st ed. - Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan :2014. - 304 p. :2 ill. - Security, conflict and cooperation in the contemporary world.

Electronic book text.

Introduction 1.Professor David Neville Dilks, MA (Oxon), FRHistS, FRSL (1938-): An Appreciation From Afar-- Malcolm H. Murfett 2. The British Empire's Image of East Asia, 1900-41: Politics, Ideology and International Order-- Antony Best 3. The Struggle to Maintain Locarno Diplomacy: Britain and the Idea of a Political Truce in 1931-- Frank Magee 4. 'Leaving us in the lurch': The British Government, the First DRC Enquiry and the United States, 1933-34-- Peter Bell 5. Chamberlain, the British Army and the 'Continental Commitment'-- George Peden 6. Eden, the Foreign Office and the 'German Problem', 1935-38-- Geoff Waddington 7. Harold Nicolson and Appeasement-- John Young 8. Another Jewel Forsaken: the Role of Singapore in British Foreign and Defence Policy, 1919-1968-- Malcolm H. Murfett 9. Quadruple Failure? The British-American Split over Collective Security in Southeast Asia, 1963-1966-- Brian P. Farrell 10. GCHQ and UK Computer Policy: Teddy Poulden, ICL and IBM-- Richard Aldrich.

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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.Devising any kind of operational strategy to cope with the turbulent years of the twentieth century was never going to be an easy undertaking and the British found this out to their cost both before and after World War II. It's easy enough to be an armchair critic - particularly after the fact - but policymakers are neither similarly placed nor blessed with the inestimable advantages of hindsight, so they must plot their future moves more in hope than certainty of success. This volume is devoted to reviewing the complexity of this decision-making process and showing 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 with considerable power at their disposal. We often talk of the 'fog of war' without acknowledging that there's a peace-time equivalent. It's a mistake to do so.

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Malcolm Murfett is a Visiting Professor at King's College London, UK and the author or editor of a dozen books on the shaping of British foreign and defence policy and the use of the Royal Navy to prosecute these aims in the twentieth century.

ISBN: 1137431490 (electronic bk.) :£65.00Subjects--Topical Terms:

1010184
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
--United Kingdom, Great Britain.--20th centurySubjects--Geographical Terms:

1008824
Great Britain
--Relations--European Union countries.

LC Class. No.: DA566.7 / .S535 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 327.41

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