British Government Policy and Decolonisation, 1945-63: Scrutinising the Official Mind (Cass Series--British Foreign and Colonial Policy Series)

This book is an in-depth study of the importnace of the Empire-Commonwealth in the two decades after WWII for Britain's self-image as a great power. By studying a wide range of debates on general and specific imperial problems, the book highlights the "official mind" of decolonization - and of late imperialism. Examine the views of the Empire and Commonwealth held by British policy makers during the two decades after World War II, arguing that the institutional framework of the formal and informal empire and the Commonwealth was considered necessary and useful to promote British interests. "British Government Policy and Decolonisation, 1945-1963 will appeal to students of British imperial and diplomatic history, as well as students of international and European history and decolonisation in general."--Jacket