Britain and the World in the Twentieth Century

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This account looks at all the main phases of British foreign policy from the 1890s to the 1990s. It pays attention to such major events as the Boer War, appeasement, and the Suez Crisis, but it looks well beyond traditional diplomacy, taking in strategic, technological, economic, and ideological factors, as well as examining the rise of propaganda agencies and the intelligence community. The Empire and Commonwealth, relations with major allies, and rivalries with Germany and Russia all receive attention but so too do domestic influences on policy - party politics, bureaucratic rivalries in Whitehall and the persistent British desire for peace and order as the way to maximize trade and investments and secure wealth and social stability at home.

John W. Young is Professor of International History at The University of Nottingham. John W. Young has been Professor of International History at the University of Nottingham, UK, since 2000 and, since 2003, he has also been chair of the British International History Group. He previously held chairs at the universities of Salford and Leicester. His earlier books include Winston Churchill's Last Campaign: Britain and the Cold War, 1951-55 (1996) and Twentieth Century Diplomacy: a case study in British practice, 1963-76 (2008).

'Young's analytical survey displays a masterful grasp of the important issues in a hundred-year period and will be useful to students for years to come.' * British Foreign Policy * 'It is well written, well organized, and very informative....The book should be in the library of any historian who teaches English or European history and it will make a wonderful source for lecture notes....Britain and the World in the Twentieth Century is a most impressive achievement.' * Teaching History *