LEADER 05432nam 22006731 450 001 9910789151003321 005 20230607232651.0 010 $a1-135-28441-5 010 $a1-315-03902-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000081692 035 $a(EBL)1581764 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001081627 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11568366 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001081627 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11078289 035 $a(PQKB)10233635 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1581764 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1581764 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10823915 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL559694 035 $a(OCoLC)866446099 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000081692 100 $a20011011d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBritish government policy and decolonisation, 1945-1963 $escrutinising the official mind /$fFrank Heinlein ; with a foreword by Robert Holland 210 1$aAbingdon :$cRoutledge,$d2002. 215 $a1 online resource (352 p.) 225 1 $aCass series--British foreign and colonial policy series,$x1467-5013 300 $aRevised version of author's PhD thesis at the European University Institute in Florence, 1999. 311 $a1-138-96509-X 311 $a0-7146-5220-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aThe 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 327 $a'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 327 $aThe 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 327 $aStill 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 327 $aOutlook: The Wilson Government and the Commitments East of Suez 330 $aThis book is an in-depth study of the importnace of the Empire-Commonwealth in the two decades after WWII for Britain's self-image as a great power. By studying a wide range of debates on general and specific imperial problems, the book highlights the ""official mind"" of decolonization - and of late imperialism. 410 0$aCass series--British foreign and colonial policy. 606 $aDecolonization$zGreat Britain$xColonies$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aImperialism$xGovernment policy$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aCommonwealth countries$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aDecolonization$xColonies$xHistory 615 0$aImperialism$xGovernment policy$xHistory 676 $a325/.341/009045 700 $aHeinlein$b Frank$f1969-$01574355 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789151003321 996 $aBritish government policy and decolonisation, 1945-1963$93850605 997 $aUNINA