Shaping British Foreign and Defence Policy in the Twentieth Century

Richard Aldrich, University of Warwick, UKPeter Bell, Independent Scholar, UKAntony Best, London School of Economics, UKBrian Farrell, National University of Singapore, SingaporeFrank Magee, Coventry University, UKGeorge Peden, Stirling University, UKGeoffrey Waddington, University of Leeds, UKJohn Young, University of Notthingham, UK

• Introduction 1.Professor David Neville Dilks, MA (Oxon), FRHistS, FRSL (1938-): An Appreciation From Afar; Malcolm H. Murfett 2. The British Empire's Image of East Asia, 1900-41: Politics, Ideology and International Order; Antony Best 3. The Struggle to Maintain Locarno Diplomacy: Britain and the Idea of a Political Truce in 1931; Frank Magee 4. 'Leaving us in the lurch': The British Government, the First DRC Enquiry and the United States, 1933-34; Peter Bell 5. Chamberlain, the British Army and the 'Continental Commitment'; George Peden 6. Eden, the Foreign Office and the 'German Problem', 1935-38; Geoff Waddington 7. Harold Nicolson and Appeasement; John Young 8. Another Jewel Forsaken: the Role of Singapore in British Foreign and Defence Policy, 1919-1968; Malcolm H. Murfett 9. Quadruple Failure? The British-American Split over Collective Security in Southeast Asia, 1963-1966; Brian P. Farrell 10. GCHQ and UK Computer Policy: Teddy Poulden, ICL and IBM; Richard Aldrich