Format:
Online-Ressource (352 p)
ISBN:
9780714652207
Series Statement:
British Politics and Society
Content:
This book is an in-depth study of the importnace of the Empire-Commonwealth in the two decades after WWII for Britain's self-image as a great power. By studying a wide range of debates on general and specific imperial problems, the book highlights the ""official mind"" of decolonization - and of late imperialism
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Series Editor's Preface; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Notes; 2. The Empire-Commonwealth under the Attlee Governments; The Informal Empire - The Middle East and Other Overseas Commitments; 'Cutting a Dash in the World' - Attlee Vs Bevin and the chiefs of staff (1945-47); 'What We Have We Hold': The Last Years of the Labour Government (1948-51); Conclusion; The Formal Empire; Colonial Policy; Labour's 'New Approach'; Marching to the 'Third British Empire': the Development of Colonial Resources
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The Legacy of War: South Asia'Coming Out with Honour': India; 'Scuttling without Having the Guts to Admit It': Burma; An Exemplary Transfer of Power: Ceylon; 'Normal' Colonies; Malaya; The Gold Coast; The Last White Dominion: Settler Colonies in East and Central Africa; Imperial Residue: Smaller Territories; Conclusion; The Commonwealth; Empire by Proxy? The Commonwealth under Labour; The Admission of South-Asian Members; India; Burma and Ceylon; Conclusion; Notes; 3. The Empire-Commonwealth under Churchill and Eden; The Informal Empire
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'A Luxury We Can No Longer Afford?' Imperialism in the Early 1950s'We Must Cut Our Coat According to Our Cloth': First Attempts at a Policy Review; 'Piracy' on the Nile: Britain and the Suez Crisis; Conclusion; The Formal Empire; 'Riding the Tide': Colonial Policy under the Tories; From Restoration to Acceleration; Explaining the Strange Death of Conservative Colonialism; 'Normal' Colonies; Malaya; The Gold Coast; East and Central Africa; Smaller Territories; Conclusion; The Commonwealth; The Commonwealth in the Early 1950s; The Admission of African Members; The Sudan and the Gold Coast
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The Debate about New European Members and Plan GPlan G and the Commonwealth; A French Dominion?; Maitland and the 'Expanding Commonwealth'; Conclusion; Notes; 4. The Empire-Commonwealth under the First Macmillan Government; The Informal Empire; Macmillan as Prime Minister: A New Approach?; The Middle Eastern Review; The General Policy Review; The Future Policy Report; Conclusion; The Formal Empire; The Colonial Policy Review; 'Normal' Colonies; East and Central Africa: Business as Usual or Preparation for Major Changes?; Pressing for Change: the FO
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Still in Search of Multi-Racialism: the CO and the CRO'The Next Ten Years in Africa'; Macmillan and Africa in 1959; Smaller Territories; Conclusion; The Commonwealth; The Commonwealth in the Late 1950s; The Idea of 'Statehood' and Cyprus's Admission as a Full Member; Conclusion; Notes; 5. The Empire-Commonwealth under the Second Macmillan Government; The Informal Empire; The Debate in the Early 1960s; 1963: Planning for the Next Decade; Yet Another Review? The Oversea Co-ordinating Committee; The Debate About New Aircraft Carriers
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Outlook: The Wilson Government and the Commitments East of Suez
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781135284411
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780714652207
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe British Government Policy and Decolonisation, 1945-63 : Scrutinising the Official Mind
Language:
English
Keywords:
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