BRITISH FOREIGN AND DEFENCE POLICY SINCE 1945 CHALLENGES AND DILEMMAS IN A CHANGING WORLD

FOREIGN POLICY DOMINATED MUCH OF NEW LABOUR'S TIME IN OFFICE AND HAS CAST A CONSISTENTLY LONG SHADOW OVER BRITISH POLITICS IN THE PERIOD SINCE 1945. ROBERT SELF PROVIDES A READABLE AND INCISIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE KEY ISSUES AND EVENTS FROM THE RETREAT FROM EMPIRE THROUGH THE COLD WAR PERIOD TO HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION AND THE DEBACLE IN IRAQ. "" "BRITISH FOREIGN AND DEFENCE POLICY SINCE 1945 "PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY OF BRITISH FOREIGN AND DEFENCE POLICY SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR WITH A FULL ASSESSMENT OF NEW LABOUR'S RECORD AND LEGACY.