Britain, detente, and changing East-West relations / / Brian White

• Autore: White Brian <1947->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1992
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.41
• Soggetto topico: World politics - 1945-1989; East and West; Detente
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Foreign relations 1945-
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-198) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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,
• Titolo autorizzato: Britain, detente, and changing East-West relations
• ISBN: 1-134-89876-2; 1-280-32667-0; 0-203-30981-2; 1-134-89877-0; 0-203-19459-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813126103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II