| Physical description |
<Series I, volumes 1-8 ; Series II, volumes 1-4 ; Series III, volumes 1-7 > : illustrations ; 26 cm + microfiches in folders |
| Notes |
Series I, v. 2-4 and Series II, v. 1-3 edited by Roger Bullen and M.E. Pelly. |
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Series III, v. 1-3 edited by G. Bennett and K.A. Hamilton. |
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Series III, v. 4-7 edited by K.A. Hamilton and P. Salmon. |
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"Collection ... in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office"--ser. 1, v. 1, p. vii. |
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Accompanied by microfiches in folders. These fiches consist of reproductions of documents related to those in the printed vols. |
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From Series III, v. 4, accompanied by CD-ROMs. These CD-ROMs contain scanned documents and constitute the electronic component of this series. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Series I, v. 1. Conference at Potsdam, July-August 1945 -- Series I, v. 2. Conferences and conversations 1945, London, Washington, and Moscow -- Series I, v. 3. Britain and America: Negotiation of the United States loan, 3 August-7 December 1945 -- Series I, v. 4. Britain and America: Atomic energy bases and food, 12 December 1945-31 July 1946 -- Series I, v. 5. Germany and Western Europe, 11 August-31 December 1945 -- Series 1, v. 6. Eastern Europe, August 1945-April 1946 -- Series 1, v. 7. United Nations, Iran, Cold War and world organisation, 1946-1947 -- Series II, v. 1. Schuman Plan, the Council of of Europe, and Western European integration, May 1950-December 1952 -- Series II, v. 2. London Conferences, Anglo-American relations and Cold war strategy, January-June 1950 -- Series II, v. 3. German September-December 1950 -- Series II, v. 4. Korea, June 1950-April 1951 -- Series III, v. 1. Britain and the Soviet Union, 1968-72 -- Series III, v. 2. Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, 1972-75 -- Series III, v. 3. Detente in Europe, 1972-76 -- Series III, v. 4. Year of Europe. America, Europe and the energy crisis, 1972-1974 -- Series III, v. 5. Southern Flank in Crisis 1973-1976 -- Series III, v. 6. Berlin in the Cold War, 1948-1990 -- Series III, v. 7. German unification, 1989-1990. |
| Summary |
During 1973-76, years generally associated with East/West detente in Europe, NATO's southern flank was plunged into crisis by a revolution in Portugal and a coup d'etat in Cyprus. Political turmoil in Portugal, Turkey's military intervention in Cyprus, the collapse of the military government in Greece, and the threat of a Greco-Turkish war, all emphasised the vulnerability of the alliance to regime change in the Mediterranean. The Western allies had also to prepare for the death of two ageing dictators in Spain and Yugoslavia, and the possible entry of Communists into government in France and Italy. This volume draws upon the records of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Defence, to document the reactions of Harold Wilson's Labour government to these developments. The documents, some of which are not yet in the public domain, reveal that while the Labour government welcomed the restoration of democracy in Athens and Lisbon, it was cautious about the prospects for political change in Spain, and uncertain about how best to respond to the threat of a Communist take-over in Portugal. They cover in detail British efforts to achieve a negotiated settlement of the Cyprus dispute and shed new light on the differences which emerged between James Callaghan and Henry Kissinger both in the handling of this issue, and in their dealings with Portugal after Caetano's overthrow and Spain before the death of Franco. This book will be of much interest to scholars of British political history, the Cold War and international history in general. |
| Other author |
Butler, Rohan d'Olier.
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Pelly, M. E.
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Yasamee, H. J.
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Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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| Subject |
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1945- -- Sources.
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| Other uniform title |
Microfiches of documents calendared in Documents on British policy overseas.
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| ISBN |
0115916822 (ser. I, v. 1) |
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011591692X (ser. II, v. 1) |
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0115916962 (ser. III, v. 1) |
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0714651168 (ser. III, v. 3) |
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0415391490 (ser. III, v. 4) |
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0714651141 (ser. III, v. 5) |
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9780714651149 (ser. III, v. 5) |
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0415448700 (ser. III, v. 6) |
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9780415448703 (ser. III, v. 6) |
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9780415550024 (ser. III, v. 7) |
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