... of Cold War paranoia and the growth of an affluent, consumer society. Surveying the book’s methodology, it discusses how this account blends case study analyses with broader examinations of television institutions and British cultural history, in particular considering problems of 'realism' in relation...

... true equality between nation members to accommodate the demands of the major powers. When the Cold War broke out, this flaw in the UN’s structure made it difficult for the organisation to resolve ongoing tensions between the major power blocs and keep the peace. Connally Tom Hull Cordell Pasvolsky...

... of Western security and for the way the Western world goes about managing the security threats of the post-Cold War world. Afghanistan Democratic Republic of Congo DRC European Union out of area missions’ pre emptive strike Second World War terrorism Cold War culturalism Gulf War liberal IR theory...

... highlights the transnational nature of decolonisation, as well as its intersections with Cold War politics. Black Power British colonialism Civil Rights movement Hopkins A G literary cultures Louis Wm Roger Malaya Malaysia race Sukarno United Kingdom United States of America Vietnam Wright...

... of the expectation that China could resume sovereignty over Hong Kong at any time, but certainly by 1997 when Britain’s lease of the New Territories expired. Hong Kong was also a key site in the Cold War, serving for the United States as a post for “China-watching” and, during the Vietnam War, as a recreation spot...

...This chapter discusses the extent to which the change in the international system has created political outcomes that are related to post-Cold War European defence and security, and outlines the definitional features of the ‘new order’ in Europe, including the analysis of the post-11 September 2001...

... world-view. It then follows the course of the Labour Party's foreign policy during a tumultuous period on the international stage, including the First World War, the Russian Revolution, the Spanish Civil War, the build-up to and violent reality of the Second World War, and the start of the Cold War...

..., but the majority agreed on the need for an independent communist party. The French state, concerned about communist-nationalist collusion during the Cold War, engaged in the fierce repression of communists. When the first Communist maquis was smashed, the Communist armed units merged...

...This chapter explores how different forms of inclusion and exclusion relate to a broader system of security relations in post-Cold War Europe. In so doing, it utilises the notion of ‘security community’, which has features deducible from its core characteristic of regulated peace. It considers...

...The onset of the war on terror was shaped by both long-term and immediate factors. In the first of these, the geo-strategic dynamics of Cold War rivalry in the Middle East helped to create the conditions for the globally oriented threat of radical Islamic terrorism. The second series of factors...

... Apollo 11 moonwalk Armstrong Neil Barjavel René Cold War Calle Sophie b 1953 jouissance Lyotard Corinne Lyotard Jean François 1924–1998 Masson Catherine Fouque Antoinette 1936–2014 Giscard d’Estaing Valéry 1926–2020 May ’68 Nanterre Situationists groupuscules affichistes Atelier Populaire...

...Decolonization gave the French Cold War-era militarized environments a particular twist. Through a focus on militarized environments this chapter sketches out some of its environmental dimensions. France’s humiliating and rapid defeat in 1940 underscored the need for military reform in the postwar...

... as possible. Nkrumah also travelled around the UK, not only to seek support for WANS, but as a member of the Coloured Workers’ Association, campaigning against the many forms of racial discrimination in the UK. Why do I think this was the beginning of the Cold War in at least Ghana? The Cold War was attempts...

...Explores the political culture argument and illustrates it through a description of how political culture shaped threat perceptions and such national security analyses and statements as the Project Solarium position papers NSC-68 in the formative years of the Cold War. The chapter also explores...

...This introduction first gives an overview of Korean War historiography alongside a summary of the war itself, before exploring the position of the Korean War and the Cold War in British history-writing. It highlights how selfhood and citizenship have emerged as growing categories of analysis...

...This chapter highlights the key themes and conclusions of the book, calling for a more integrated approach to studying the Cold War and post-war British history. brainwashing citizenship Cold War forgetting oral history selfhood veterans Malaya media coverage Second World War United...

...How did the small state fare in the 20^th century? As it turns out, small states did remarkably well. Surprisingly enough, during the height of the Cold War small state proliferation doubled their total number. The 20^th century’s international-political environment became...

... of a slump-stricken nation in the best-selling English Journey, to his popular wartime broadcasts that paved the way to 1945 and the welfare state, his post-war critique of ‘Admass’ and the Cold War (he was a co-founder of CND), and his continual engagement with the question of ‘Englishness...

... crime refugees associated with International Brigades refugees sabotage Amicale des anciens FFI et résistants espagnols Boléro Paprika operation Cold War Communist organisations Spanish ban organisations Spanish in exile social revolution Tomás Pascual Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya l...