Clinging to Grandeur: British Attitudes and Foreign Policy in the Aftermath of the Second World War

by Michael Blackwell

In this innovative study of the forces that shape the decisions of foreign policy leaders, Michael Blackwell examines the attitudes of British policy makers immediately after World War II and considers their impact on foreign and economic policy. Despite the critical remarks they had made while in opposition, the Ministers in the Labour Cabinet elected in 1945 shared the traditional attitudes of Foreign Office officials regarding Britain's preeminent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313286167
• ISBN13: 9780313286162
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"