1st Edition

Power and Stability British Foreign Policy, 1865-1965

Edited By Erik Goldstein, Brian McKercher Copyright 2003
366 Pages
by Routledge

366 Pages
by Routledge

The pursuit of stability drove British foreign policy even before 1865. These papers assess the implications of such a policy during the following 100 years when Britain slid from being the only global power to a regional European state.

Chapter 1 Power and Stability in British Foreign Policy, 1865–1965, Erik Goldstein, B.J.C. McKercher; Chapter 2 British Power and Stability: The Historical Record, Zara Steiner; Chapter 3 Power, Sovereignty, and the Great Republic: Anglo-American Diplomatic Relations in the Era of the Civil War, Brian Holden Reid; Chapter 4 ‘Almost a Law of Nature’? Sir Edward Grey, the Foreign Office, and the Balance of Power in Europe, 1905–12, T.G. Otte; Chapter 5 ‘Après la Guerre finit, Soldat anglais Part it…’: Anglo-French Relations 1918–25, Alan Sharp, Keith Jeffery; Chapter 6 ‘Far Too Dangerous a Gamble’? British Intelligence and Policy during the Chanak Crisis, September– October 1922, John R. Ferris; Chapter 7 The British Official Mind and the Lausanne Conference, 1922–23, Erik Goldstein; Chapter 8 Austen Chamberlain and the Continental Balance of Power: Strategy, Stability, and the League of Nations, 1924–29, B.J.C. McKercher; Chapter 9 The British Government and the Sale of Arms to the Lesser European Powers, 1936–39, Glyn Stone; Chapter 10 Invading Europe: The British Army and its Preparations for the Normandy Campaign, 1942–, David French; Chapter 11 Killing the MLF? The Wilson Government and Nuclear Sharing in Europe, 1964–66, John W. Young;

Biography

Erik Goldstein