British Foreign Policy, 1955-64

RICHARD BEVINS Foreign and Commonwealth Office Historian PETER CATTERALL Director of the Institute of Contemporary British History and teacher at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London ANNE DEIGHTON Lecturer, University of Oxford and Fellow of Wolfson College MATTHEW ELLIOT is an orientalist, specializing in political and cultural history JAMES R. V. ELLISON Lecturer in History, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London RONALD HYAM Reader in British Imperial History, University of Cambridge MICHAEL DAVID KANDIAH Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Contemporary British History URSULA LEHMKUHL Professor of North American History, University of Erfurt, Germany GREGORY QUINN formerly a Foreign and Commonwealth Office Historian CATHERINE R. SCHENK Senior Lecturer in Economic History, University of Glasgow CHRISTOPHER STAERCK Military historian and freelance journalist for The Independent

In 1945 Britain was still a world power. Based throughout on newly accessible sources, the twelve chapters in this book analyse systematically Britain's foreign policy-making and its regional relationships in the world, thus providing the reader with a comprehensive overview of Britain's foreign relations during this crucial transition.In 1945 Britain was still a world power. Increasingly, however, it had to adapt its international commitments to the financial limitations, technological progress and external challenges of the bipolar postwar world, especially during the premierships of Eden, Macmillan and Douglas-Hume from 1955 to 1964. Based throughout on newly accessible sources, the twelve chapters in this book analyse systematically Britain's foreign policy-making and its regional relationships in the world, thus providing the reader with a comprehensive overview of Britain's foreign relations during this crucial transition.