Britain and the Threat to Stability in Europe, 1918-45 [Hardcover]

After the horrors of the First World War a dialogue began between European statesmen seeking some form of European integration as a way of achieving lasting peace. During the inter-war period this idea started to attract support in Britain even though Britain's strategic and economic interests remained focused outside Europe. This book explores Britain's relations with the continent between 1918 and 1945, focussing on diplomatic and military responses to the major crises and examining attitudes to the idea of Europe in the broader context of relations with the Empire, Commonwealth and the USA.

Peter Catterallis Reader in the History Department of the University of Westminster, UK.

Kate Utting(credited as C.J. Morris) is Deputy Dean of Academic Studies of the Defence Studies Department at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom and Senior Lecturer in Defence Studies at King's College London, UK.

IntroductionPeter Catterall
1. Britain and European Reconstruction after the Great WarAnne Orde
2. Was There A 'British' Alternative to the Briand Plan?Robert Boyce
3. Britain and the World Disarmament ConferenceDick RichardsonandCarolyn Kitching
4. British Reactions to the Jewish Flight from EuropeLouise London
5. Bishop Bell and GermanyAlan Wilkinson
6. Appeasement and Non-Intervention: British Policy during the Spanish Civil WarEnrique Moradiellos
7. Federal UnionSir Charles Kimber
8. Defending the Empire or Defeating the Enemy: British War Aims 1938-47Michael Dockrill
9. Special in Relation to What? Anglo-American Relations in the Second World WarAlan Dobson
10. The Battle of BritainJohn Ray
11. Britain and the Resistance in Europe 1939-45Ralph White
12. Britain and Eastern Europe during the Second World WarAnita J. Prazmowska
Index