R. Gerald Hughes is Reader in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University, UK.

• List of figuresAcknowledgementsForeword by Lord Hennessy of NympsfieldIntroduction: Present histories and past follies: the legacy of appeasement and British foreign policy since 19451. In the footsteps of Cromwell: an empire against two evils, 1941–532. Churchill and Locarno, Eden and Geneva: the limits and possibilities of diplomacy3. ‘I have never thought Nasser a Hitler’: Suez and the shadow of Munich4. ‘I will be no Mr. Chamberlain’: Harold Macmillan and Berlin, 1958–625. Helsinki, 1975: Nuclear age Westphalia, Versailles or Munich?6. ‘We have ceased to be a nation in retreat’: Margaret Thatcher, the Falklands War and the negation of Munich and Suez7. In pursuit of a ‘New World Order’: liberating Kuwait, 1990–18. Appeasement and the politics of obstructionism: Britain and the dissolution of Bosnia9. ‘History will be my judge’: Blair’s wars and the moral case against appeasementConclusion: Appeasement, British foreign policy and history BibliographyIndex

Hughes has made a major contribution to understanding British foreign policy in the post-war era ... [A] highly original work that will reward study by anyone interested in the history of international relations.

R. Gerald Hughes is Reader in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University, UK.

• List of figuresAcknowledgementsForeword by Lord Hennessy of NympsfieldIntroduction: Present histories and past follies: the legacy of appeasement and British foreign policy since 19451. In the footsteps of Cromwell: an empire against two evils, 1941–532. Churchill and Locarno, Eden and Geneva: the limits and possibilities of diplomacy3. ‘I have never thought Nasser a Hitler’: Suez and the shadow of Munich4. ‘I will be no Mr. Chamberlain’: Harold Macmillan and Berlin, 1958–625. Helsinki, 1975: Nuclear age Westphalia, Versailles or Munich?6. ‘We have ceased to be a nation in retreat’: Margaret Thatcher, the Falklands War and the negation of Munich and Suez7. In pursuit of a ‘New World Order’: liberating Kuwait, 1990–18. Appeasement and the politics of obstructionism: Britain and the dissolution of Bosnia9. ‘History will be my judge’: Blair’s wars and the moral case against appeasementConclusion: Appeasement, British foreign policy and history BibliographyIndex

Hughes has made a major contribution to understanding British foreign policy in the post-war era ... [A] highly original work that will reward study by anyone interested in the history of international relations.

R. Gerald Hughes is Reader in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University, UK.

• List of figuresAcknowledgementsForeword by Lord Hennessy of NympsfieldIntroduction: Present histories and past follies: the legacy of appeasement and British foreign policy since 19451. In the footsteps of Cromwell: an empire against two evils, 1941–532. Churchill and Locarno, Eden and Geneva: the limits and possibilities of diplomacy3. ‘I have never thought Nasser a Hitler’: Suez and the shadow of Munich4. ‘I will be no Mr. Chamberlain’: Harold Macmillan and Berlin, 1958–625. Helsinki, 1975: Nuclear age Westphalia, Versailles or Munich?6. ‘We have ceased to be a nation in retreat’: Margaret Thatcher, the Falklands War and the negation of Munich and Suez7. In pursuit of a ‘New World Order’: liberating Kuwait, 1990–18. Appeasement and the politics of obstructionism: Britain and the dissolution of Bosnia9. ‘History will be my judge’: Blair’s wars and the moral case against appeasementConclusion: Appeasement, British foreign policy and history BibliographyIndex

Hughes has made a major contribution to understanding British foreign policy in the post-war era ... [A] highly original work that will reward study by anyone interested in the history of international relations.