International Diplomacy and Colonial Retreat

Name: International Diplomacy and Colonial Retreat
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ISBN: 9780714650630

ISBN-10: 0714650633

ISBN-13: 9780714650630

Edition: 2000

Authors: Kent Fedorowich, Martin Thomas

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The problems investigated in this collection had lasting consequences not only in the field of colonialism but in international politics as well. Decolonization and the Cold War, which brought about the most significant changes to global politics after 1945, are treated together. Using a comparative focus, this collection examines aspects of colonial break-down within the British, French, Dutch and Portugese empires after 1945, thus contrasting the political, social and military problems confronting the European imperial powers after World War II. Bringing together a number of British and overseas scholars, the collection is not confined to the realm of high politics and diplomacy. Certain…

Book details

List price: $215.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 10/30/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Clare Hickman is a Wellcome Fellow in Medical History & Humanities at Kings College LondonKent Fedorowich is Reader in British Imperial and Commonwealth History at the University of the West of England, Bristol



List of Maps


Introduction


Diplomacy and Decolonization



Decolonization Deferred? The Re-establishment of Colonial Rule in Hong Kong, 1942-45



Britain, the United States, and the End of the Italian Empire in Africa, 1940-52



Divisive Decolonization: The Anglo-French Withdrawal from Syria and Lebanon, 1944-46



Division and Discord: British Policy, Indochina, and the Origins of the Vietnam War, 1954-56



Britain and the Cyprus Problem at the United Nations, 1954-58



Britain, the United States, and the Demise of the Central African Federation, 1959-63



Britain, the Cold War, and the Congo Crisis, 1960-63



Britain and Portuguese Africa, 1961-65



Revolution and Reaction: South Arabia in the Aftermath of the Yemeni Revolution



Britain, Konfrontasi, and the End of Empire in Southeast Asia, 1961-65



Decolonization by Default: Suriname and the Dutch Retreat from Empire



Notes on Contributors


Index


List of Maps



Lebanon Including the Four Cazas



The Congo and its Neighbours, 1960



Saudi Arabia and Yemen



Suriname