Author: John Baylis
Publisher: Kent State University Press
ISBN: 9780873384711
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
The Diplomacy of Pragmatism sets Britain's role in the formation of NATO, not in the context of orthodox, revisionist or post-revisionist approaches to the Cold War, but in terms of what has become known as "depolarization." This approach emphasizes the distinctive and leading roles of other countries, apart from the Soviet Union and the United States, in the early Cold War period. In focusing on Britain's role there is no attempt to be chauvinistic. The key role of other states in the formation of NATO is acknowledged. Britain certainly did not establish NATO single-handedly. Nor was British diplomacy wholly consistent or completely successful throughout ther period covered. Different strands of policy, focusing on the United States, Europe and a "Third Power" global role, struggled for pre-eminence. Foreign policy and global strategy were not always well-coordinated. Nevertheless, despite the failures, it is argued that Ernest Bevin, the British Foreign Secretary, made a decisive contribution to postwar diplomacy by his pragmatic and patient attempts to coordinate the policies of Western European states together with the United States and Canada. By 1949, a new system of European security had been developed in the context of rapidly changing domestic and international events. The author argues that, despite the differences, there are important lessons to be learned from postwar diplomacy by today's statesmen as they struggle to build another new European security system in the post-Cold War era.
The Diplomacy of Pragmatism
Author: John Baylis
Publisher: Kent State University Press
ISBN: 9780873384711
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
The Diplomacy of Pragmatism sets Britain's role in the formation of NATO, not in the context of orthodox, revisionist or post-revisionist approaches to the Cold War, but in terms of what has become known as "depolarization." This approach emphasizes the distinctive and leading roles of other countries, apart from the Soviet Union and the United States, in the early Cold War period. In focusing on Britain's role there is no attempt to be chauvinistic. The key role of other states in the formation of NATO is acknowledged. Britain certainly did not establish NATO single-handedly. Nor was British diplomacy wholly consistent or completely successful throughout ther period covered. Different strands of policy, focusing on the United States, Europe and a "Third Power" global role, struggled for pre-eminence. Foreign policy and global strategy were not always well-coordinated. Nevertheless, despite the failures, it is argued that Ernest Bevin, the British Foreign Secretary, made a decisive contribution to postwar diplomacy by his pragmatic and patient attempts to coordinate the policies of Western European states together with the United States and Canada. By 1949, a new system of European security had been developed in the context of rapidly changing domestic and international events. The author argues that, despite the differences, there are important lessons to be learned from postwar diplomacy by today's statesmen as they struggle to build another new European security system in the post-Cold War era.
Publisher: Kent State University Press
ISBN: 9780873384711
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
The Diplomacy of Pragmatism sets Britain's role in the formation of NATO, not in the context of orthodox, revisionist or post-revisionist approaches to the Cold War, but in terms of what has become known as "depolarization." This approach emphasizes the distinctive and leading roles of other countries, apart from the Soviet Union and the United States, in the early Cold War period. In focusing on Britain's role there is no attempt to be chauvinistic. The key role of other states in the formation of NATO is acknowledged. Britain certainly did not establish NATO single-handedly. Nor was British diplomacy wholly consistent or completely successful throughout ther period covered. Different strands of policy, focusing on the United States, Europe and a "Third Power" global role, struggled for pre-eminence. Foreign policy and global strategy were not always well-coordinated. Nevertheless, despite the failures, it is argued that Ernest Bevin, the British Foreign Secretary, made a decisive contribution to postwar diplomacy by his pragmatic and patient attempts to coordinate the policies of Western European states together with the United States and Canada. By 1949, a new system of European security had been developed in the context of rapidly changing domestic and international events. The author argues that, despite the differences, there are important lessons to be learned from postwar diplomacy by today's statesmen as they struggle to build another new European security system in the post-Cold War era.
Britain, NATO and Nuclear Weapons
Author: Ken Booth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
An examination of nuclear arms control and defence containing papers that present opposing sides of the debate. Nuclear deterrence, Britain's defence budget, the state of Anglo-American relations, NATO strategies and Mr Gorbachev's security arrangements in Europe proposals are discussed.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
An examination of nuclear arms control and defence containing papers that present opposing sides of the debate. Nuclear deterrence, Britain's defence budget, the state of Anglo-American relations, NATO strategies and Mr Gorbachev's security arrangements in Europe proposals are discussed.
The Diplomacy of Pragmatism
Author: J. Baylis
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230372376
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
The Diplomacy of Pragmatism charts the evolution of Britain's distinctive and leading role in the formation of NATO. Based on a wide range of British, American and Canadian archives the book provides a balanced assessment of British foreign and defence policies as the Cold War gathered momentum and a new system of European security was forged in the aftermath of the Second World War.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230372376
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
The Diplomacy of Pragmatism charts the evolution of Britain's distinctive and leading role in the formation of NATO. Based on a wide range of British, American and Canadian archives the book provides a balanced assessment of British foreign and defence policies as the Cold War gathered momentum and a new system of European security was forged in the aftermath of the Second World War.
Britain, NATO and Nuclear Weapons
Author: Ken Booth
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349196673
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
An examination of nuclear arms control and defence containing papers that present opposing sides of the debate. Nuclear deterrence, Britain's defence budget, the state of Anglo-American relations, NATO strategies and Mr Gorbachev's security arrangements in Europe proposals are discussed.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349196673
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
An examination of nuclear arms control and defence containing papers that present opposing sides of the debate. Nuclear deterrence, Britain's defence budget, the state of Anglo-American relations, NATO strategies and Mr Gorbachev's security arrangements in Europe proposals are discussed.
Britain and NATO
Author: British Information Services.
Publisher: London : BIS
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: London : BIS
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Britain and N. A. T. O.'s Northern Flank
Author: Geoffrey Till
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349094315
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349094315
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Britain in NATO: a Political Study
Author: Ursula Branston
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commonwealth of Nations
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commonwealth of Nations
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Britain and NATO
Author: Great Britain. Ministry of Defence. Public Relations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
European Defence Co-operation
Author: Michael Clarke
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719032295
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
An examination of the ways in which Anglo-American relationships are changing in the light of the increased responsibility of Western European states for their own defence. The book deals with the major developments in the Western alliance that policy-makers will face in the 1990s.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719032295
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
An examination of the ways in which Anglo-American relationships are changing in the light of the increased responsibility of Western European states for their own defence. The book deals with the major developments in the Western alliance that policy-makers will face in the 1990s.
Britain and NATO'S Northern Flank
Author: Geoffrey Till
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312015435
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312015435
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description