Britain in Global Politics Volume 1

Philip Bell, University of Liverpool, UK John Fisher, University of the West of England Brian Holden Reid, King's College, London, UK Saul Kelly, King's College, London, UK Brian McKercher, Royal Military College of Canada Joe Maiolo, King's College, London UK T.G. Otte, University of East Anglia, UK Andrew Stewart, King's College, London, UK Glyn Stone, University of the West of England Martin Thomas, University of Exeter, UK

• Introduction Saki Ruth Dockrill, 'no ordinary professor'; Brian Holden Reid 1. 'A Very Internecine Policy': Anglo-Russian cold wars before the Cold War; T.G. Otte 2. Curzon's War and Curzon's Peace; John Fisher 3. Markers of Modernity or Agents of Terror?: Air Policing and Colonial Revolt after World War I; Martin Thomas 4. Addressing the Past: The Foreign Office and the Vetting of Diplomatic and Ministerial Memoirs During the Years between the World Wars; Keith Hamilton 5. The Secret Intelligence Service and China: The Case of Hilaire Noulens, 1923-1932; Christopher Baxter 6. Strategy and Foreign Policy in Great Britain, 1930-1938: From the Pursuit of Balance of Power to Appeasement; B.J.C. McKercher 7. 'Thank God for the French Army': Churchill, France and an Alternative to Appeasement in the 1930s; Philip Bell 8. Britain and the Spanish Connection, 1931-1947: Non-intervention and the Regime Change; Glyn Stone 9. 'To Gamble all on a Single Throw': Neville Chamberlain and the Strategyof the Phoney War; Joe Maiolo 10; The Committee on American Opinion on the British Empire, 1942-1944; Andrew Stewart 11. The Colonial versus the Anti-Colonial: the Failure of Anglo-American Planning on the Future of the Italian Colonies, September 1943 – June 1945; Saul Kelly

'Essay collections are often patchy in quality and usefulness, but not this one. All the contributions are strong. They represent well-written, detailed, intelligent, and expertly researched contributions to the topic areas they cover.' - Michael J. Turner, Appalachian State University, USA 'These volumes offer scholars a variety of subjects about Britain's role in global politics since the nineteenth century. Among the strongest contributions are the chapters about foreign policy that rely on interviews and sources directly from policymakers and the political elite [The volumes] offer solid essays for scholars interested in Britain's role in global affairs since the late nineteenth century and are an excellent tribute to the memory of Saki Dockrill.'- The Journal of the Historical Association