British government policy and decolonisation, 1945-1963 : scrutinising the official mind / / Frank Heinlein ; with a foreword by Robert Holland

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789151003321
• Autore: Heinlein Frank <1969->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon : , : Routledge, , 2002
• ISBN: 1-135-28441-5; 1-315-03902-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Collana: Cass series--British foreign and colonial policy series, , 1467-5013
• Disciplina: 325/.341/009045
• Soggetti: Decolonization - Great Britain - Colonies - History - 20th century; Imperialism - Government policy - Great Britain - History - 20th century; Great Britain Colonies History 20th century; Commonwealth countries History 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Revised version of author's PhD thesis at the European University Institute in Florence, 1999.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Series Editor's Preface; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Notes; 2. The Empire-Commonwealth under the Attlee Governments; The Informal Empire - The Middle East and Other Overseas Commitments; 'Cutting a Dash in the World' - Attlee Vs Bevin and the chiefs of staff (1945-47); 'What We Have We Hold': The Last Years of the Labour Government (1948-51); Conclusion; The Formal Empire; Colonial Policy; Labour's 'New Approach'; Marching to the 'Third British Empire': the Development of Colonial Resources; The Legacy of War: South Asia'Coming Out with Honour': India; 'Scuttling without Having the Guts to Admit It': Burma; An Exemplary Transfer of Power: Ceylon; 'Normal' Colonies; Malaya; The Gold Coast; The Last White Dominion: Settler Colonies in East and Central Africa; Imperial Residue: Smaller Territories; Conclusion; The Commonwealth; Empire by Proxy? The Commonwealth under Labour; The Admission of South-Asian Members; India; Burma and Ceylon; Conclusion; Notes; 3. The Empire-Commonwealth under Churchill and Eden; The Informal Empire; 'A Luxury We Can No Longer Afford?' Imperialism in the Early 1950s'We Must Cut Our Coat According to Our Cloth': First Attempts at a Policy Review; 'Piracy' on the Nile: Britain and the Suez Crisis; Conclusion; The Formal Empire; 'Riding the Tide': Colonial Policy under the Tories; From Restoration to Acceleration; Explaining the Strange Death of Conservative Colonialism; 'Normal' Colonies; Malaya; The Gold Coast; East and Central Africa; Smaller Territories; Conclusion; The Commonwealth; The Commonwealth in the Early 1950s; The Admission of African Members; The Sudan and the Gold Coast; The Debate about New European Members and Plan GPlan G and the Commonwealth; A French Dominion?; Maitland and the 'Expanding Commonwealth'; Conclusion; Notes; 4. The Empire-Commonwealth under the First Macmillan Government; The Informal Empire; Macmillan as Prime Minister: A New Approach?; The Middle Eastern Review; The General Policy Review; The Future Policy Report; Conclusion; The Formal Empire; The Colonial Policy Review; 'Normal' Colonies; East and Central Africa: Business as Usual or Preparation for Major Changes?; Pressing for Change: the FO; Still in Search of Multi-Racialism: the CO and the CRO'The Next Ten Years in Africa'; Macmillan and Africa in 1959; Smaller Territories; Conclusion; The Commonwealth; The Commonwealth in the Late 1950s; The Idea of 'Statehood' and Cyprus's Admission as a Full Member; Conclusion; Notes; 5. The Empire-Commonwealth under the Second Macmillan Government; The Informal Empire; The Debate in the Early 1960s; 1963: Planning for the Next Decade; Yet Another Review? The Oversea Co-ordinating Committee; The Debate About New Aircraft Carriers; Outlook: The Wilson Government and the Commitments East of Suez
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is an in-depth study of the importnace of the Empire-Commonwealth in the two decades after WWII for Britain's self-image as a great power. By studying a wide range of debates on general and specific imperial problems, the book highlights the ""official mind"" of decolonization - and of late imperialism.