Britain and the Cold War : 1945 as geopolitical transition /: 1945 as geopolitical transition. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peter J. Taylor.
• Authors: Taylor, Peter J (Peter James), 1944-
• Contents: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables and Figures; Dedication; Preface; Prologue: the return of geopolitics; Part One: INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: The concept of geopolitical transition; Geopolitics is social and historical; Geopolitical codes and geopolitical world orders; Transition to the Cold War geopolitical world order; Chapter 2: A contested history; The present is in the past; The Britain hypothesis; British 'Cold Warriors' before the Cold War; Part Two: ALL CHANGE -- 1945; Chapter 3: Nineteen forty-five in BraudeUien perspective; A challenge to the longue duréé? Moycnnc durée: changing hegemoniesCourte durée: the turning point; Chapter 4: Alternative worlds in 1945; One ideal world of co-operation; Three worlds of unequal 'Monroes'; Two worlds: a choice from three fronts; Chapter 5: Britain at the turning point; Britain's 'pivotal position'; A social democratic bridge?; What is a socialist foreign policy?; Part Three: BRITAIN'S CRISIS OF POWER; Chapter 6: The geoeconomic dilemma; A financial Dunkirk; The Braudellien time trap; Secret but not socialist; An economic Munich or an economic El Alamein?; Chapter 7: The geopolitical dilemma. Which way forward?Manoeuvering within the 'Big Three'; Atomic power: Gowing's paradox; The atomic bomb as the great equalizer; Chapter 8: The geostrategic dilemma; Britain, Italy and the Mediterranean; Bringing in the USA; Redividing the world?; An alternative foreign policy; Part Four: DISCUSSION; Chapter 9: Questions of concern; The question of power; The question of continuity; A case of post-hegemonic trauma?; Chapter 10: The salience of the geopolitical transition concept; The previous transition; Ideological fracture and a new transition; What future geopolitical world order?
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 941.085; World politics -- 1945-1989; Cold War; HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain; Diplomatic relations; Politics and government; World politics; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945-; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1945-; Great Britain; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474291828; 1474291821
• Related ISBNs: 9781474291804; 1474291805
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource, title from PDF title page (EBSCO), viewed August 31, 2016.
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