Losing an Empire, Finding a Role

A review of the major changes that have occurred in Britain's external policy since 1945. It endeavours to explain why these changes took place and to assess how far, since losing its Empire, Britain has succeeded in establishing a distinctive role for itself in world affairs.

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'...[M]asterly and successful...sophisticated survey of British foreign policy between 1945 and 1988 on a number of levels, combining narrative and theory in a stimulating way, well-structured, full of telling little insights, and written with great clarity.' - Bernard Porter, Political Studies