British perceptions of Europe in the postwar period (II)

If defeat in war was etched into the consciousness of continental Europeans, it was victory in war that provided the backdrop for the British. Together with their Imperial and Commonwealth forces, as well as those of the United States and the Soviet Union, they had fought a global war, committing troops not only in Europe, but across the world. The British had, further, played a central role in the wartime conferences, sitting alongside and working with the Americans and the Soviets to discus..