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Book SynopsisA compelling and original survey of British grand strategy in the inter-war period, underlining the inexorable relationships between foreign policy, grand strategy, military force, intelligence, finance and not least, domestic politics and public opinion.
Table of Contents1: Introduction Part 1: Making Peace and Managing Peace: 1919-1930 2: Who made British Policy and Grand Strategy? 3: Creating the New World Order, 1919-1921 4: Reconstructing the New World Order, 1921-1926 5: Managing the New World Order, 1926-1930 Part 2: The Crumbling of the New World Order, 1931-1936 6: The World Crisis and the National Government, 1931-1933 7: A new Grand Strategy: the Defence Requirements Committee, 1932-1935 8: 'I wish I saw a real policy emerging, but frankly I don't': The Baldwin Government, 1935-1937 Part 3: The Ascendency of Chamberlain, 1937-1940 9: The Grand Strategy of Fortress Britain, May 1937-September 1938 10: 'And I sincerely believe that we have at last opened the way to that general appeasement which alone can save the world from chaos': Appeasement, Containment, and War: October 1938 to September 1939 11: 'ELthere was no hurry as time was on our side': Chamberlain's War Conclusion
