B. J. C. Mckercher, McKercher Brian J. C.

Transition of Power

Britain's Loss of Global Pre-Eminence to the United States, 1930 1945

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Produktbeschreibung

Shows how Britain was replaced by the USA as chief global power, 1930 1945.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 672g
• ISBN-13: 9780521025287
• ISBN-10: 0521025281
• Artikelnr.: 21563697

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments; Prologue: power and purpose in Anglo-American relations
1919-29; 1. The end of Anglo-American naval rivalry
1929-30; 2. The undermining of war debts and reparations
1929-32; 3. Disarmament and security in Europe and the Far East
1930-2; 4. The unravelling of cooperation
1932-3; 5. Moving away from the United States
1933-4; 6. Britain
the United States
and the global balance of power
1934-5; 7. From Abyssinia to Brussels via London
Madrid and Peking
1935-7; 8. Appeasement
deterrence
and Anglo-American relations
1938-9; 9. Belligerent Britain and the neutral United States
1939-41; Epilogue: 'A new order of things'
1941-5; Select bibliography; Index.