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31. The Invasion of Afghanistan and UK-Soviet Relations, 1979-1982

    Documents on British Policy Overseas, Series III, Volume VIII

    Edited by Richard Smith, Patrick Salmon, Stephen Twigge

    Series: Whitehall Histories

    This volume examines British policy towards the Soviet Union in the aftermath of the invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979. The documents in this volume, many released into the public realm for the first time, describe the development of British policy towards the Soviet Union during the...

    Published March 7th 2012 by Routledge
32. Britain since 1945

    A Political History, 7th Edition

    By David Childs

    Britain since 1945 is the established textbook on contemporary British political history since the end of the Second World War. David Childs' authoritative chronological survey discusses domestic policy and politics in particular, but also covers external and international relations. This new and...

    Published February 23rd 2012 by Routledge
33. Ideas and Economic Crises in Britain from Attlee to Blair (1945-2005)

    By Matthias Matthijs

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

    Published February 14th 2012 by Routledge
34. Ending Empire in the Middle East

    Britain, the United States and Post-war Decolonization, 1945-1973

    By Simon C. Smith

    Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History

    This book is a major and wide-ranging re-assessment of Anglo-American relations in the Middle Eastern context. It analyses the process of ending of empire in the Middle East from 1945 to the Yom Kippur War of 1973. Based on original research into both British and American archival sources, it...

    Published February 2nd 2012 by Routledge
35. German Unification 1989-90

    Documents on British Policy Overseas, Series III, Volume VII

    Edited by Patrick Salmon, Keith Hamilton, Stephen Robert Twigge

    Series: Whitehall Histories

    This volume is comprised of a collection of diplomatic documents covering British reactions to, and policy towards, the collapse of the German Democratic Republic and the unification of Germany in 1989-90. The peaceful unification of Germany in 1989-90 brought a dramatic end to the Cold War. This...

    Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
36. The Contemporary Commonwealth

    An Assessment 1965-2009

    Edited by James Mayall

    This collection of essays has been assembled to mark the centenary of The Round Table. It provides an analysis of the modern Commonwealth since the establishment of the Secretariat in 1965. Providing an overview of the contemporary Commonwealth, this book places the organization in its rich...

    Published January 29th 2012 by Routledge
37. The Consumer, Credit and Neoliberalism

    Governing the Modern Economy

    By Christopher Payne

    Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

    This book is an investigation into the economic policy formulation and practice of neoliberalism in Britain from the 1950s through to the financial crisis and economic downturn that began in 2007-8. It demonstrates that influential economists, such as F.A. Hayek and Milton Friedman, authors at key...

    Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
38. EU Foreign Policy and the Europeanization of Neutral States

    Comparing Irish and Austrian Foreign Policy

    By Nicole Alecu de Flers

    Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

    This book examines the effects of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) of the European Union (EU) on the national foreign policies of Ireland and Austria. Small and neutral EU member states provide a fascinating case-study as the CFSP entails a dilemma for them. Their size may create...

    Published November 10th 2011 by Routledge
39. The UK General Election of 2010

    Explaining the Outcome

    Edited by Justin Fisher, Christopher Wlezien

    The 2010 general election was the most eagerly awaited contest in Britain since 1997. With opinion polls showing a closing gap between the parties, the result was uncertain right up to polling day. In the end, the election was particularly noteworthy for three reasons. First of all, there were...

    Published September 21st 2011 by Routledge
40. The Official History of North Sea Oil and Gas

    Vol. I: The Growing Dominance of the State

    By Alex Kemp

    Series: Government Official History Series

    Written by the leading expert in UK petroleum economics, this study provides a new, unique, in-depth analysis of the development of British policies towards the North Sea oil and gas industry from the early 1960s to the early 1980s. Drawing on full access to the UK Government’s relevant...

    Published September 14th 2011 by Routledge