Cabinet decisions on foreign policy : the British experience, October 1938-June 1941
An original study of British foreign policymaking at the highest level, this book will be widely read by international relations specialists while historians will welcome the close-textured account of key episodes of the period 1938–41. It will also reinvigorate debates among political scientists on the nature of Cabinet government.
Print Book, English, 2002
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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002
History
xx, 359 pages ; 22 cm
9780521894029, 0521894026
49550144
1. Cabinets, foreign policies and case-studies
2. Constructing the Polish Guarantee, 15-31 March 1939
3. The Soviet question, April-August 1939
4. Entry into war, 1-3 September 1939
5. Reacting to the 'peace offensive', October 1939
6. To continue alone? May-July 1940
7. The longer term: War aims and other committees, October 1940-June 1941
8. Decision-making in Cabinet
Appendix 1. The Chamberlain Cabinet, 31 October 1938 - 3 September 1939
Appendix 2. Attendance at the Foreign Policy Committee of the Cabinet, 14 November 1938 - 25 August 1939
Appendix 3. Neville Chamberlain's statement in the House of Commons, 12 October 1939
Appendix 4. Lord Halifax's paper for the War Aims Committee, October 1940
Appendix 5. Anthony Eden's speech at the Mansion House, 29 May 1941 (extract)