Author: Great Britain. AdmiraltyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
East of Malta, West of Suez
Author: Great Britain. AdmiraltyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
East of Malta, West of Suez
Author: Great Britain. AdmiraltyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
East of Malta, West of Suez. Britain's Mediterranean Crisis, 1936-1939. (1. Publ.)
Author: Lawrence R. PrattEast of Malta, West of Suez
Author: Larry PrattPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521208697
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
'We are a very rich and a very vulnerable Empire, and there are plenty of poor adventurers not very far away who look upon us with hungry eyes.' This is how Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain underlined England's acute imperial predicament in 1938 when he was about to launch his policy of European appeasement. What was the relationship between Empire and appeasement in British foreign policy in the last years of the inter-war peace? How did Britain's exposed overseas interests in the Far East, in the Middle East and in the Mediterranean influence diplomatic policies taken in London at the time of the Rhineland occupation, the Anschluss, the Munich crisis, the Prague coup of March 1939, or the invasion of Poland six months later? How closely was the policy of appeasement tied to the burden of global military weakness, and what was the impact of strategic advice on Cabinet decision-making in the Chamberlain era?
East of Malta, West of Suez
Author: Great Britain. AdmiraltyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 63
Book Description
Blue-Water Empire
Author: Robert HollandPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 1846145554
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Blue-Water Empire is Robert Holland's magnificent narrative of Britain's military and cultural ties with the Mediterranean Sea, in the style of the epic naval histories of N. A. M. Rodger. Britain has been a major presence in the Mediterranean from the Battle of the Nile to the end of empire, as both a military and a colonising force on the islands and coastlines of the sea. Robert Holland traces the fascinating story of that presence, from its legacies in culture, language and law to the Mediterranean's own influence on Britain. Evoking the conflicts and contrasts between British and local societies caught up in dramatic events, as well as their mutual resilience under pressure, Blue Water Empire charts with vigour, flair and clarity the British experience in the Mediterranean in the age of empire. Reviews: 'An important corrective to current historical amnesia ... the definitive account of Anglo-Mediterranean history for years to come' Amanda Foreman, New Statesman 'A rich and readable account of the British in the Middle Sea ... As Holland's learned, lucid and enjoyable work makes clear, many British politicians saw the Mediterranean as the pre-eminent global strategic arena, representing the key to victory in Europe and Asia' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times 'This is an important subject, and it has never before been drawn together into a single coherent narrative ... Blue-Water Empire puts the land, not the sea, at the heart of the story' Literary Review 'Robert Holland's masterly history of the Mediterranean is a pleasure to read. Blue-Water Empire shows how Britain's mastery of the Middle Sea shaped the modern world, whilst reminding us how profoundly the Mediterranean has influenced the British' Simon Ball (author of The Bitter Sea: The Struggle for Mastery in the Mediterranean, 1935-1949) 'Lively and absorbing' Philip Mansel, Spectator About the author: Robert Holland is one of the world's leading historians of the Mediterranean and the author of Britain and the Revolt in Cyprus, 1954-59, and (with Diana Markides) The British and the Hellenes: Struggles for Mastery in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1850-1960. He holds professorial positions at the Centre for Hellenic Studies in King's College London and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in the same University.
East of Malta, West of Suez
Author: Great Britain. AdmiraltyPublisher: Boston : Little Brown
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Naval Policy and Strategy in the Mediterranean
Author: John B. HattendorfPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136713174
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Maritime strategy and naval power in the Mediterranean touches on migration, the environment, technology, economic power, international politics and law, as well as calculations of naval strength and diplomatic manoeuvre. These broad and fundamental themes are explored in this volume.
The Fascist Challenge and the Policy of Appeasement
Author: Wolfgang J. MommsenPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000458326
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 517
Book Description
This book, first published in 1983, illustrates the domestic and internal dimension of appeasement and explores the political options open to the western powers in the run up to the Second World War. It looks at the factors pointing in the direction of a general settlement with the dictators: limitation of resources and strategic over-commitment by Britain; economic decline and financial exhaustion of France; lack of support from the United States and the Soviet Union.
Britain and the Middle East in the 1930's
Author: Michael J. CohenPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 134911880X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
The chapters in this book focus on the security of the British position in the Middle East between 1935 and 1939. In 1935 Britain was still able to rush reinforcements to the Middle East to forestall hostilities towards Egypt. However, by 1939 the international situation had changed irrevocably.