The British Empire and its impact on International Relations
Key issue(s)
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
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.
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).
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).
Internet Resources
League of Nations and the concept of ‘Mandate’ (also discussed in Key Topic 3: Metropolitan)
Empire and Britain’s relationships with USA and the Cold War
The Commonwealth and relations with Europe and EEC
League of Nations and the concept of ‘Mandate’ (also discussed in Key Topic 3: Metropolitan)
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.
