'At the top table': British elites’ perceptions of the UK’s international position, 1950-91

TY - CHAP

T1 - 'At the top table': British elites’ perceptions of the UK’s international position, 1950-91

AU - Kandiah, Michael

AU - Staerck, Gillian

PY - 2013

Y1 - 2013

N2 - Since the end of Second World War Britain’s global status has been a subject of debate. But what did the British elites—politicians, civil servants and diplomats—think? What were their basic priorities? Was there a coherence to their international strategy? What did they understand to be the UK’s world role? The chapter will attempt to answer these questions by utilising the group oral testimonies—called ‘witness seminars’—of those who were at the heart of the policymaking elite as collected by the Institute of Contemporary British History (ICBH).

AB - Since the end of Second World War Britain’s global status has been a subject of debate. But what did the British elites—politicians, civil servants and diplomats—think? What were their basic priorities? Was there a coherence to their international strategy? What did they understand to be the UK’s world role? The chapter will attempt to answer these questions by utilising the group oral testimonies—called ‘witness seminars’—of those who were at the heart of the policymaking elite as collected by the Institute of Contemporary British History (ICBH).

M3 - Chapter

VL - 2

BT - British Foreign Policy from Churchill to Blair

PB - Palgrave Macmillan

CY - London

ER -