British Foreign And Defence Policy Since 1945

Foreign policy dominated much of New Labour's time in office and has cast a consistently long shadow over British politicsin the period since 1945. Robert Self provides a readable and incisive assessment of the key issues and events from the retreat from empire through the cold war period to humanitarian intervention and the debacle in Iraq.

British Foreign and Defence Policy Since 1945 provides a comprehensive survey of British foreign and defence policy since the Second World War with a full assessment of New Labour's record and legacy. Review: 'Robert Self has produced a very useful survey of British foreign and defence policy from the end of the Second World War until the present day; from the Attlee government and the post-war consensus to the Blair-Brown era of humanitarian intervention.' -Kate Utting, Defence Studies Department, King's College London, Diplomacy Statescraft