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UNINA9910783743603321 |
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Autore |
White Brian <1947, > |
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Titolo |
Britain, detente, and changing East-West relations / / Brian White |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-89876-2 |
1-280-32667-0 |
0-203-30981-2 |
1-134-89877-0 |
0-203-19459-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (218 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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World politics - 1945-1989 |
East and West |
Detente |
Great Britain Foreign relations 1945- |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-198) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The concept of detente; Britain, the cold war and detente; Britain as a catalyst of detente; Britain and the Partial Test Ban Treaty; The decline of British influence on East-West relations; Britain, the new cold war and detente; A British conception of detente; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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There is little systematic analysis available of Britain's contribution to East-West relations since 1945, and in particular of Britain's contribution to East-West detente. In general, British attempts to act as mediator between East and West have been regarded as ineffectual, and a rather desperate attempt to prove that Britain could still wield influence on the world stage.In this new contribution to the study of the evolution of post-war international relations, Brian White argues that Britain's contribution to detente cannot so easily be dismissed. Through narrative and analysis, |
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