Download or read book Ernest Bevin Routledge Revivals written by Peter Weiler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-05 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1993, this book presents a biography of a central figure in the development of both the labour movement and British politics in the first half of the twentieth century. This highly accessible account of Bevin’s life and career was the first to make use of documents pertaining to his activities during the Second World War and bring together numerous secondary studies to posit an alternative interpretation. The book is split into chronological sections dealing with his early years, his time a trade union leader from 1911 to 1929, the beginnings of his involvement in the labour party during 1929-1939, and his time in office as Minister of Labour and then Foreign Secretary.
Download or read book Ernest Bevin written by Peter Weiler and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Socializing Militants How States End Asymmetric Conflict with Non State Militants written by Jeremiah Rozman and published by Vernon Press. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twentieth and twenty-first centuries have seen states engaged in long-term conflicts with asymmetrically weaker non-state actors (NSA). States aim to end these conflicts as quickly as possible by combining force and diplomacy to socialize these militants—meaning give them the characteristics of states—in order to make a credible bargain achievable. The militant’s characteristics determine the state’s optimal strategy. In times of conflict, politicians and pundits often march out an oft-cited phrase in support of negotiations: “if you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.” This is only possible when the opponent is willing to make peace under acceptable terms and able to enforce abidance. Some opponents have an ideologically driven fundamental purpose that precludes renouncing violence under terms that a state could accept. Others have reasonable demands and are structured in a way that allows productive negotiations. In other cases, the non-state militant is not yet the type that can be bargained with but can be socialized into this type through a state’s correct application of force and diplomacy. I call this “socialization logic.” I argue that optimally, states tailor their strategy to socialize with their opponent, to make it possible to successfully negotiate peace. In practice, the state’s strategy is often distorted by its internal and external constraints. Socialization logic provides a novel typology of non-state militants based on how well interstate conflict bargaining concepts can be applied to them. It looks beyond tactics, to systematize a framework for understanding how leaders tailor strategy towards non-state opponents based on their characteristics. Socialization logic examines the NSA type as endogenous to the strategy that the state employs and provides a framework for leaders to design a strategy to end the conflict. Finally, socialization logic synthesizes critical NSA attributes (ideology, leadership structure, and governance function) and the state’s strategy (distorted by constraints) into in an interactive model. Through 41 interviews, primary and secondary source data, I analyze the United States’, Russia’s and Israel’s asymmetric conflicts with militants and demonstrate that socialization logic most comprehensively explains their strategies throughout those conflicts.
Download or read book Twilight of the British Empire written by Chikara Hashimoto and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging study of developments in global French-language cinema
Download or read book Unexpected State written by Carly Beckerman and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This provocative historical reassessment sheds new light on the decisions of British politicians that led to the creation of Israel. Separating myth and propaganda from historical fact, Carly Beckerman explores how elite political battles in London inadvertently laid the foundations for the establishment of the State of Israel. Drawing on foreign policy analysis and previously unexamined archival sources, Unexpected State examines the strategic interests, international diplomacy, and political maneuvering in Westminster that determined the future of Palestine. Contrary to established literature, Beckerman shows how British policy toward the territory was dominated by domestic and international political battles that had little to do with Zionist or Palestinian interests. Instead, the policy process was aimed at resolving issues such as coalition feuds, party leadership battles, spending cuts, and riots in India. Considering detailed analysis of four major policy-making episodes between 1920 and 1948, Unexpected State interrogates key Israeli and Palestinian narratives and provides fresh insight into the motives and decisions behind policies that would have global implications for decades to come.
Download or read book The British Labour Government and the Greek Civil War 1945 1949 written by Thanasis D. Sfikas and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Labour Government and The Greek Civil War, 1945-49.
Download or read book Reader s Guide to British History written by David Loades and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 4319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reader's Guide to British History is the essential source to secondary material on British history. This resource contains over 1,000 A-Z entries on the history of Britain, from ancient and Roman Britain to the present day. Each entry lists 6-12 of the best-known books on the subject, then discusses those works in an essay of 800 to 1,000 words prepared by an expert in the field. The essays provide advice on the range and depth of coverage as well as the emphasis and point of view espoused in each publication.
Download or read book Prospero s Return written by Paul B. Rich and published by Hansib Publishing (Caribbean), Limited. This book was released on 1994 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this wide-ranging collection of essays, Rich,explores the nature and meaning of race and racism,in British society and the nature of British and,English national identity. Using politicalsocial, and cultural sources, the author shows,that many of the contemporary issues surrounding,the position of black minorities in British,society have a long and complex history.
Download or read book The Evolution of a Constitution written by Elizabeth Wicks and published by Hart Publishing. This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new work casts light upon the British constitution of today by means of an in-depth consideration of eight key moments in British constitutional history. The historical perspective adopted in this book facilitates an informed and contextual understanding of the intricacies of the contemporary British constitution. Indeed the book is based upon the premise that it is impossible to fully comprehend the nature, content and implications of today's constitution without a firm grasp on how it evolved into its present form. Each of the eight main chapters focuses upon a different event in constitutional history which has contributed certain principles or practices to the modern day constitution, and explains how these principles or practices evolved and highlights their modern day significance. Historical events covered include the 1688 Glorious Revolution, the 1707 Union between England and Scotland, the 1911 Parliament Act and the 1972 European Communities Act.
Download or read book A History of the World from the 20th to the 21st Century written by John Ashley Soames Grenville and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a comprehensive survey of the key events and personalities of this period.
Download or read book Major Foreign Powers written by Gwendolen Margaret Carter and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book European Recovery and the Search for Western Security 1946 1948 written by Former Chief Historian of the Gill Bennett and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-02 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appendix B The Dunkirk Treaty, 4 March 1947 -- Index
Download or read book A History of the Labour Party from 1914 written by George Douglas Howard Cole and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Berlin in the Cold War 1948 1990 written by Keith Hamilton and published by Taylor & Francis US. This book was released on 2009 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Drawing upon previously unpublished records of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Defence, this book focuses upon Britain's role in the early stages of the Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions (MBFR) talks in Vienna, and British policy towards the Soviet Union and its European satellites during an era of detente in East-West relations. The documents reveal both the suspicions of senior Whitehall officials regarding Soviet designs in Europe, and their doubts about the negotiating tactics and strategy of their American allies. With Washington still reeling from the Vietnam debacle, British diplomats initially saw the MBFR talks as a mechanism for helping the Nixon administration to stave off Congressional demands for cuts in US forces in Europe. They dismissed as a 'pipe dream' the notion that reductions in Western manpower numbers could be compatible with undiminished security for all, but hoped through participation in the talks to forestall any unnecessary weakening of NATO."--Jacket.
Download or read book General Series written by Historical Association (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book States of Emergency written by Keith Jeffery and published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Books. This book was released on 1983 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Almanac of British Politics written by Robert Waller and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive guide to the political map of the United Kingdom, covering in detail each of the constituencies sending representatives to the House of Commons. This edition includes biographical sketches of all members of Parliament, as well as recent constituency changes as a result of the report of the Boundary Commission and the latest census statistical data. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
