Shaping British Foreign and Defence Policy in the Twentieth Century

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   • Malcolm H. Murfett

   Pages 1-9

3. Professor David Neville Dilks, MA (Oxon), FRHistS, FRSL (1938-)

   • Malcolm H. Murfett

   Pages 10-20

4. The British Empire’s Image of East Asia, 1900–41

   • Antony Best

   Pages 21-40

5. The Struggle to Maintain Locarno Diplomacy

   • Frank Magee

   Pages 41-63

6. ‘Leaving Us in the Lurch’

   • Peter Bell

   Pages 64-85

7. Chamberlain, the British Army and the ‘Continental Commitment’

   • G. C. Peden

   Pages 86-110

8. Eden, the Foreign Office and the ‘German Problem’, 1935–38

   • G. T. P. Waddington

   Pages 111-135

9. Harold Nicolson and Appeasement

   • John W. Young

   Pages 136-158

10. Another Jewel Forsaken

    • Malcolm H. Murfett

    Pages 159-192

11. Quadruple Failure?

    • Brian P. Farrell

    Pages 193-239

12. GCHQ and UK Computer Policy

    • Richard J. Aldrich

    Pages 240-253

13. Back Matter

    Pages 254-288

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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.

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• King’s College London, UK

  Malcolm H. Murfett

Richard Aldrich, University of Warwick, UK Peter Bell, Independent Scholar, UK Antony Best, London School of Economics, UK Brian Farrell, National University of Singapore, Singapore Frank Magee, Coventry University, UK George Peden, Stirling University, UK Geoffrey Waddington, University of Leeds, UK John Young, University of Notthingham, UK

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