Cabinet Decisions on Foreign Policy The British Experience, October 1938-June 1941

Zusammenfassung An original study of British foreign policymaking at the highest level, this book will be widely read by international relations specialists while historians will welcome the close-textured account of key episodes of the period 1938–41. It will also reinvigorate debates among political scientists on the nature of Cabinet government. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Cabinets, foreign policies and case-studies; 2. Constructing the Polish Guarantee, 15-31 March 1939; 3. The Soviet question, April-August 1939; 4. Entry into war, 1-3 September 1939; 5. Reacting to the 'peace offensive', October 1939; 6. To continue alone? May-June 1940; 7. The longer term: war aims and other committees, October 1940-June 1941; 8. Decision-making in Cabinet; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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• Assisted by: Ian Nish (Editor), Margot Light (Editor), Ian Professor Nish (Editor)
• Authors: Christopher Hill
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 09.05.2002
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History
• EAN: 9780521894029
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89402-9
• Pages: 384
• Series: Lse Monographs in Internationa; LSE Monographs in International Studies
• Subjects: European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Diplomacy, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period)