British Government Policy and Decolonisation, 1945-1963 : Scrutinising the official mind

Heinlein revises his 1999 Ph.D. dissertation for the European University Institute in Florence to examine the views of the Empire and Commonwealth held by British policy makers during the two decades after World War II. He argues that the institutional framework of the formal and informal empire and the Commonwealth was considered necessary and useful to promote British interests, and that policy makers took care to preserve it while withdrawing from some possessions, remaining in others, and maintaining an extensive military presence overseas.--Foreword vii --Robert Holland Series Editor's Preface ix --Preface xi --List of Abbreviations xii --Introduction 1(10) --The Empire-Commonwealth under the Attlee Governments 11(76) --The Empire-Commonwealth under Churchill and Eden 87(72) --The Empire-Commonwealth under the First Macmillan Government 159(58) --The Empire-Commonwealth under the Second Macmillan Government 217(74) --Conclusion 291(22) --Bibliography 313(18) --Index 331Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 199