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The English-Speaking Alliance: Britain, the United States, the Dominions and the Cold War 1945–1951 book cover

1st Edition

The English-Speaking Alliance Britain, the United States, the Dominions and the Cold War 1945–1951

By Ritchie Ovendale Copyright 1985
322 Pages
by Routledge

322 Pages
by Routledge

322 Pages
by Routledge
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As with ‘appeasement’, myths and legends have proliferated about the origins of the Cold War. It has often been treated as largely a European affair, with the responses to the Russian threat being led by the Americans. Before 1951, however, the Cold War was almost global in scale, extending across Europe and Asia, penetrating the Middle East and Africa. It was the British Foreign Secretary Ernest... Read more

Part One: Introduction  1. The Inheritance  Part Two: The Cold War in Europe   2. Bevin and the Russians  3. Marshall Aid and Western Defence  Part Three: The Cold War in the Middle East  4. British Paramountcy in the Middle East  5. The Middle East Command  Part Four: The Cold War in Asia  6. The Cold War in South-East Asia  7. The Recognition of Communist China  8. Korea and the Pacific  Part Five: The Cold War in Africa  9. The Significance of South Africa  Part Six: Conclusions  10. Defence Policy and Global Strategy 

Biography

Ritchie Ovendale was a former member of staff at the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University, UK. He came to the Department of International Politics as a lecturer in 1968 after studying in his native South Africa (BA & MA Natal), Canada (MA McMaster) and Oxford (DPhil New College). He was in part motivated to leave South Africa by the apartheid system which helped shape his political awareness. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Ritchie was an accomplished historian and prolific author.

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