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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• Other Pressures on the British Empire 78

  1. Imperial Defence 78

  2. British Power 83

  3. Financial Pressures on the British Empire 86 86

  4. Impacts of the Two World Wars on the British Empire 92

  5. American Anti-Colonialism and the Decolonisation of the British Empire
     98

• The Political Elite’s Strategies for protecting British Power and Interests in the Process of Decolonisation
  107

  1. The Organization of the United Kingdom Central Government: the Policy Making Machinery
     107

  2. The Labour Political Elite and Protecting British Power and Interests in the Decolonisation Process
     111

• Conservative Political Elite and Protecting British Power and Interests in the Decolonisation Process
  132

  1. Defence Policy for the Modern Commonwealth: the Anglo-American “Special Nuclear Relationship”
     149

  2. British application to Join the European Economic Community
     161

Conclusion 169

Appendix 187

Bibliography199

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