| Cold War Britain 2003 Edition Contributor(s): Hopkins, M. (Editor), Kandiah, M. (Editor), Staerck, G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 140390121X ISBN-13: 9781403901217 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2002 Annotation: "Cold War Britain 1945-1964" offers new perspectives on ways in which Britain fought the Cold War, and illuminates key areas of the policy formulation process. It argues that in many ways Britain and the US perceived and handled the threat posed by the Communist bloc in similar terms: nevertheless, Britain's continuing global commitments, postwar economic problems and domestic considerations obliged her on occasion to tackle the threat rather differently. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Political Science | History & Theory - General - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: 941.085 |
| LCCN: 2002073954 |
| Series: Cold War History |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.54" W x 9" (0.94 lbs) 244 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Britain and the Cold War, 1945-1964 offers new perspectives on ways in which Britain fought the Cold War, and illuminates key areas of the policy formulation process. It argues that in many ways Britain and the United States perceived and handled the threat posed by the Communist bloc in similar terms: nevertheless, Britain's continuing global commitments, post-war economic problems and somestic considerations obliged her on occasion to tackle the threat rather differently. |