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The British Empire and its impact on International Relations

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Empire and Britain’s relations with League of Nations and UN; Empire and Britain’s relationships with USA; Empire in the age of the Cold War, the Commonwealth; relations with Europe and EEC
Emphasis on the changed international order, including the increasing involvement of the US in pursuing global international relations infrastructure.
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New perspectives on the responsibilities of imperial powers for the development of areas under their control (later develops into modernisation theory during the Cold War in the context of US expansion).

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​League of Nations and the concept of ‘Mandate’ (also discussed in Key Topic 3: Metropolitan)
  • Colonial Development Act of 1929 
  • The Great Depression 
  • Effects of World War II 

Empire and Britain’s relationships with USA and the Cold War 
  • Changed role of United States 
  • Cary Fraser, ‘Decolonization and the Cold War’,  in The Oxford Handbook of the Cold War. Edited by Richard H. Immerman and Petra Goedde (2013).

The Commonwealth and relations with Europe and EEC
  • John Darwin on Britain, the Commonwealth and the End of Empire.

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The British Empire (Y320)

​Key Topics

Governance and administration
Opposition
Periphery and Britain
Impact on international relation
​​Depth studies
​British India
Palestine
Kenya

Cold War in Asia

Key Topics
Western Policies
The Korean War
Indochina
​Wars in Vietnam and Cambodia
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  • Home
  • About
  • The British Empire
    • Key Topics >
      • The governance and administration of the Empire
      • Opposition to British Rule
      • The impact of imperial power on the periphery and Britain
      • The British Empire and its impact on International Relations
    • Depth Studies >
      • British India: The War of 1857 and its consequences to 1876
      • Palestine 1914-1948
      • Nationalism in Kenya 1945 - 1965
  • Cold War in Asia
    • Western Policies in Post War Asia
    • The Korean War
    • Indochina
    • Vietnam and Cambodia
  • Contact