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Superpower Britain
The 1945 Vision and Why it Failed
Jackson, Ashley; Stewart, Andrew
Oxford University Press
01/2025
464
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9780192863706
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Preface
Introduction: The dilemmas of 1945 and the received historical narrative
Part One: The vision and the challenge
1: Foundations of the superpower vision
2: Empire, unity, peace, and expansion
3: Alternative futures and a future unknown
4: Coloniality and condescension continued
5: The plan
Part Two: The problem with America
6: Atlantic entanglements: The American challenge
7: 'Hands off!': The British response
Part Three: What the war did to the British Empire
8: The perils of war imperialism, I: South Asia
9: The perils of war imperialism, II: The Middle East
10: The colonial empire, British thinking, and international debate
11: The colonial empire at the local level
12: United, but not a unit: Britain and the dominions
Conclusion Why the vision faded: Unravelling expectations in a changing world
Epilogue
Introduction: The dilemmas of 1945 and the received historical narrative
Part One: The vision and the challenge
1: Foundations of the superpower vision
2: Empire, unity, peace, and expansion
3: Alternative futures and a future unknown
4: Coloniality and condescension continued
5: The plan
Part Two: The problem with America
6: Atlantic entanglements: The American challenge
7: 'Hands off!': The British response
Part Three: What the war did to the British Empire
8: The perils of war imperialism, I: South Asia
9: The perils of war imperialism, II: The Middle East
10: The colonial empire, British thinking, and international debate
11: The colonial empire at the local level
12: United, but not a unit: Britain and the dominions
Conclusion Why the vision faded: Unravelling expectations in a changing world
Epilogue
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Preface
Introduction: The dilemmas of 1945 and the received historical narrative
Part One: The vision and the challenge
1: Foundations of the superpower vision
2: Empire, unity, peace, and expansion
3: Alternative futures and a future unknown
4: Coloniality and condescension continued
5: The plan
Part Two: The problem with America
6: Atlantic entanglements: The American challenge
7: 'Hands off!': The British response
Part Three: What the war did to the British Empire
8: The perils of war imperialism, I: South Asia
9: The perils of war imperialism, II: The Middle East
10: The colonial empire, British thinking, and international debate
11: The colonial empire at the local level
12: United, but not a unit: Britain and the dominions
Conclusion Why the vision faded: Unravelling expectations in a changing world
Epilogue
Introduction: The dilemmas of 1945 and the received historical narrative
Part One: The vision and the challenge
1: Foundations of the superpower vision
2: Empire, unity, peace, and expansion
3: Alternative futures and a future unknown
4: Coloniality and condescension continued
5: The plan
Part Two: The problem with America
6: Atlantic entanglements: The American challenge
7: 'Hands off!': The British response
Part Three: What the war did to the British Empire
8: The perils of war imperialism, I: South Asia
9: The perils of war imperialism, II: The Middle East
10: The colonial empire, British thinking, and international debate
11: The colonial empire at the local level
12: United, but not a unit: Britain and the dominions
Conclusion Why the vision faded: Unravelling expectations in a changing world
Epilogue
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