Losing an Empire, Finding a Role: British Foreign Policy Since 1945

by David Sanders

Book Overview

Informed by Winston Churchill's famous metaphor, successive British governments have shaped their foreign policy thinking around the belief that Britain's overseas interests lie in three interlocking 'circles': in Europe, in the Commonwealth, and in the 'special relationship' across the Atlantic. Recent administrations may have updated the language in terms of 'bridges', 'hubs' and 'networks', but the notion of Britain as somehow at the centre...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137357142
• ISBN13: 9781137357144
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"