The Foreign Policy of the Douglas-Home Government: Britain, the United States and the End of Empire

by A. Holt

Overview

This book provides an important study of a short-lived government making foreign policy in the shadow of an impending general election. It considers Britain's relations with the United States, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349449026
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2014
Edition description:	1st ed. 2014
Pages:	219
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Andrew Holt teaches in the Department of War Studies, King's College London, UK. He holds a PhD in History from the University of Nottingham and has held posts at Nottingham and the University of Exeter, UK. Dr Holt has also been elected into an Archives By-Fellowship at Churchill College, Cambridge.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Anglo-American Relations and the Caribbean 3. NATO and the Multilateral Nuclear Force 4. Africa, Race and the Commonwealth 5. Aden, Yemen and the Middle East 6. Confrontation in South-East Asia 7. The Cyprus Crisis 8. Conclusion