The British Imperial Establishment, Post Imperial Era, and the ‘Churchillian’ World View, 1945-2016. (Adjustments & Challenges in Contemporary British Diplomatic Strategy)

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In
Chapter Two I start by discussing the theory of state expansionism.
Then, the historical background to the
subject of our investigation will be given,

i.e. a short history of
British imperial expansion. In this subsection we shall see
the structure of the British Empire, the
different categories within it and, above
all, how it grew. Additionally, I shall be looking at competition
within the empire,
between Britain, Canada and Australia, which occurred late in the nineteenth
century.
Finally in Chapter Two, I shall discuss the start of the decolonisation
process by examining the pressures
being exerted from within the empire, which
we mentioned earlier.

The start of the
decolonisation process saw rising demands for greater
political self-rule by the white colonies of, firstly,
Australia and Canada, and
subsequently South Africa and Ireland. Moreover, increasing
economic
competition by these nations also occurred, as they developed their own
industries and sought
out markets, especially outside of the empire. These events
led to the granting to them of Dominion status,
and thus the beginning of the
evolution of the British Commonwealth. As a result, India sought similar
status.

Following
our discussion of India’s resistance to British rule and her fast-
growing demand for independence,
especially after the First World War, and
which culminated in its acquisition after the Second World War, we
shall see that
the non-white colonies began to demand similar status, i.e full nationhood. The
case for
the colonies in Africa, Asia and in the rest of the world shall be discussed
in Chapter Three. Also in this
chapter a definition of the Modern Commonwealth
shall be given.

In
Chapter Four study will be made of the external pressures exerted on the
British empire before, during, and
after, the Second World War: factors such as
the effects of the two World Wars, and the anti-colonial foreign
policy of the
United States.

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