Anglo-German Naval Rivalry

BRITISH COUNCIL

Bedarida, Francois
A Social History of England: 1851-1990
undergraduate, postgraduate level
Routledge: 1991
384pp 2nd edition
Tracing the evolution of English society from the height of the British Empire to the dawn of the single European market, this text compares the England of the 1850s with the society of the present day, and attempts to penetrate the attitudes, behaviour and psychology of the English people.
Paperback ISBN:0 415 01614 2 £13.99

Briggs, Asa
A Social History of England
general level
Penguin Books: 1991
448pp 2nd edition
Paperback ISBN:0 14 013606 1 £8.99

Chisholm, Michael
Britain on the Edge of Europe
undergraduate, professional level
Routledge: 03 1995
208pp 234 x 156
Concentrating on Britain's peripheral geographical position, the author discusses the country's place in Europe (past, present and future) and challenges current opinion that trade and prosperity are dependent on participation in the European Union.
Paperback ISBN:0 415 11921 9 £12.99

Clarke, Michael
British External Policy Making in the 1990s
undergraduate, professional level
Macmillan Press: 1992
368pp 216 x 138
An analysis of the formulation of British external policy which examines the economic, social, legal, demographic and institutional changes inside contemporary Britain and sets them within the independent context of modern Europe.
Hardback ISBN:0 333 57055 3 £45.00
Paperback ISBN:0 333 57056 1 £15.99

Dobson, Alan P.
Anglo American Relations in the Twentieth Century: the Politics and Diplomacy of Friendly Superpowers
undergraduate, postgraduate level
Routledge: 07 1995
224pp 216 x 138
The relationship between Britain and America has been one of the most important bilateral relationships the world has ever seen. This work covers the whole of the 20th century and employs selected historical detail in order to analyze this complex relationship.
Paperback ISBN:0 415 11943 X £12.99

Gilbert, Martin
The Dent Atlas of British History
general, undergraduate level
J M Dent: 08 1993
144pp 254 x 180: Maps
Dewey class: 911.41
The changing story of the British Isles forms the theme of this atlas, which covers not only England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales but also the overseas empire. With captions, explanations and maps, it also provides a representation of British history in the social, religious and economic fields.
Paperback ISBN:0 460 86180 8 £11.99

Haigh, Christopher(Ed)
The Cambridge Historical Encyclopedia of Great Britain and Ireland
general level
Cambridge UP: 11 1990
392pp 210 x 116: Illustrations, maps
Dewey class: 941.003
Paperback ISBN:0 521 39552 6 £17.95

HMSO
Britain in the European Community
undergraduate, professional level
HMSO Books: 1992
122pp 210 x 148
Series: aspects of Britain
The government believes that Britain's future lies at the heart of the European Community. This book traces the evolution of the Community to the current debate over the Maastrict Treaty, and describes Britain's involvement in the making of Community policies.
Paperback ISBN:0 11 701712 4 £5.50

Hobsbawm, E.J.
Economic History of Britain: 3. Industry and Empire
general level
Penguin: 10 1990
384pp 198 x 129
Paperback ISBN:0 14 013749 1 £7.99

Holland, Robert
The Pursuit of Greatness 1900-1970: Britain and the World Role
undergraduate, postgraduate level
Routledge: 02 1993
405pp 216 x 138
Dewey class: 327.41082
The quest for prestige and the exercise of national will were the pre eminent concerns of many Britons from 1900 1970. Robert Holland provides a study of this period which reveals the shifting identity of Britain and her relationship with her colonies, her allies and rivals.
Hardback ISBN:0 415 07990 X £35.00

Kearney, Hugh
The British Isles: a History of Four Nations
professional level
Cambridge UP: 04 1995
336pp 216 x 135: Bibliography, index
Series: CANTO
This is an account of the British Isles from pre Roman times to the 20th century, distinguished by its stress on the fact that English history forms only part of a wider history of four nations.
Paperback ISBN:0 521 48488 X £7.95

McDowall, David
An Illustrated History of Britain
upper intermediate level
Longman ELT: 02 1989
196pp
Paperback ISBN: 0 582 04432 4 £15.0

Mingay, G.E.
A Social History of the English Countryside
professional, postgraduate, undergraduate level
Routledge: 10 1990
272pp 234 x 156: Illustrations, 28 photographs
Dewey class: 942.009734
The theme of this study is the rise and fall of rural England from the Middle Ages to World War II. The way in which the countryside has developed and changed and the causes of this are investigated, and their effect on the evolution of society in the 20th century discussed.
Hardback ISBN:0 415 03408 6 £40.00

Morgan, Kenneth O.(Ed)
The Oxford History of Britain
general, undergraduate level
Oxford Paperbacks: 02 1988
758pp 196 x 129: 18 maps, genealo
gies, tables Dewey class: 941
Series: Oxford Paperbacks
With contributions from several leading historians, this is a study of the political, economic, social and cultural history of Britain and her peoples from the Roman invasion to the present day.
Paperback ISBN:0 19 285202 7 £9.99

Perkin, Harold
The Rise of Professional Society: England Since 1800
undergraduate, postgraduate level
Routledge: 1990
624pp 216 x 138
This sequel to "The Origins of Modern English
Society" explores the rise of the middle class in order to demonstrate a new principle of social organization. The author describes how this contemporary social organization has been based on trained expertise, selection and professionalism.
Paperback ISBN:0 415 04975 X £16.99

Reynolds, David
Britannia Overruled: British Policy and World Power in the Twentieth Century
general, advanced secondary level
Longman Academic: 07 1991
392pp 216 x 138: Tables, abbreviati
ons, maps Dewey class: 320.941
Series: Studies in Modern History
By examining Britain's economy, empire and international position, the author reveals the limits of British power in its Victorian heyday. The book analyzes the ways in which successive British policymakers this century have confronted the dilemmas of power, both domestic and international.
Paperback ISBN:0 582 55276 1 £15.99

Robbins, Keith
The Eclipse of a Great Power: Modern Britain 1870-1992
undergraduate level
Longman Academic: 09 1994
480pp 234 x 156: 8 maps, bibliography, index
Series: Foundations of Modern Britain
This volume is divided into four parts. Each part is preceded by a chronology for each year setting out some of the most important political, social and cultural developments. It includes chapters on: the British Empire, the Commonwealth, the EEC, education, and cultures and creeds.
Paperback ISBN:0 582 09611 1 £17.99

Sked, A. & Cook, C.
Postwar Britain: a Political History, 1945-1992
Penguin: 1996
Paperback ISBN:0 14 017912 7 £8.99

White, Brian
Britain, Detente and Changing East West Relations
undergraduate, postgraduate level
Routledge: 03 1992
192pp 216 x 138
This new contribution to the study of the evolution of post war international relations argues that Britain's contribution to detente cannot easily be dismissed. Through narrative and analysis, it examines Britain's attempts to steer East West relations in a co operative direction.
Hardback ISBN:0 415 07841 5 £40.00

York, Peter & Jennings, Charles
Peter York's the Eighties
general level
BBC Books: 01 1996
192pp 246 x 189: 60 colour and b&w photographs Dewey class: 941.0858
Published to tie in with a BBC2 television series, this book casts a sardonic gaze over the trends and traits which characterized the 1980s, from New Romantics to Sloane Rangers, the Rubik's Cube to the CD player, and Boy George to Margaret Thatcher.
Paperback ISBN:0 563 37191 9 £12.99

History Of The Second World War (British HMSO)

This is the British official history of World War II, published by Her Majesty’s Stationary Office (HMSO). It is roughly analogous to the "Greenback" series but covering all aspects of the United Kingdom’s war effort. The library’s collection is incomplete and volumes are placed separately from one another by subject matter.

GRAND STRATEGY II: SEPTEMBER 1939-JUNE 1941
Butler, J.R.M. HMSO 1957

GRAND STRATEGY III PART I: JUNE 1941-AUGUST 1942
Gwyer, J.M.A. HMSO 1964

GRAND STRATEGY III PART II
Butler, J.R.M. HMSO 1964

GRAND STRATEGY V: AUGUST 1943-SEPTEMBER 1944
Ehrman, John. HMSO 1956

GRAND STRATEGY VI: OCTOBER 1944-AUGUST 1945
Ehrman, John. HMSO 1956

British History Of The Second World War cont.
NORTH AMERICAN SUPPLY
Hall, H. Duncan. HMSO 1955

THE WAR AGAINST JAPAN VOLUMES II-III
Kirby, S. Woodburn. HMSO 1958

CIVIL DEFENSE
O’Brien, Terence. HMSO 1955

ORDERS OF BATTLE: UK AND COLONIAL FORMATIONS AND UNITS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945, VOLUMES 1-2
Jackson, H.F. HMSO 1960

THE CAMPAIGN IN BURMA
HMSO 1946

Not part of the parent series, this volume was produced by the Central Office Of Information immediately after the War.

BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Woodward, Sir Llewellyn. HMSO 1962

BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR, VOLUME 1
Woodward, Sir Llewellyn. HMSO 1970

The two volumes above are similar in form and scope but contain substantial differences in content.

VICTORY IN THE WEST VOLUMES I-II
Ellis, L.F. HMSO 1962, 1968

AIRBORNE FORCES
Otway, T.B.H. HMSO 1951 Reprint 1990

THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE MIDDLE EAST, VOLUME I: THE EARLY SUCCESS AGAINST ITALY (TO MAY 1941)

THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE MIDDLE EAST, VOLUME II: "THE GERMANS COME TO THE HELP OF THEIR ALLY" (1941)
Playfair, I.S.O. HMSO 1956

THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE MIDDLE EAST, VOLUME III: BRITISH FORTUNES MEET THEIR LOW EBB (SEPTEMBER 1941-SEPTEMBER 1942)
Playfair, I.S.O. HMSO 1960

THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE MIDDLE EAST, VOLUME VI PART II: VICTORY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN JUNE TO OCTOBER 1944
Jackson, Sir William. HMSO 1987

BRITISH MILITARY ADMINISTRATION IN THE FAR EAST
Donnison, F.S.V. HMSO 1956

THE STRATEGIC AIR OFFENSIVE AGAINST GERMANY 1939-1945, VOLUME I: PREPARATIONS PARTS 1,2, AND 3
Webster, Charles and Frankland, Noble. HMSO 1961

THE STRATEGIC AIR OFFENSIVE AGAINST GERMANY 1939-1945, VOLUME II: ENDEAVOR PART 4
Webster, Charles and Frankland, Noble. HMSO 1961

THE STRATEGIC AIR OFFENSIVE AGAINST GERMANY 1939-1945, VOLUME III: VICTORY PART 5
Webster, Charles and Frankland, Noble. HMSO 1961

THE STRATEGIC AIR OFFENSIVE AGAINST GERMANY 1939-1945, VOLUME IV: ANNEXES AND APPENDICES
Webster, Charles and Frankland, Noble. HMSO 1961

BRITISH INTELLIGENCE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR: ITS INFLUENCE ON OPERATIONS AND STRATEGY VOLUMES I-III (Parts 1-2)
Hinsley, F.H. Cambridge University Press, New York 1979

BRITISH INTELLIGENCE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR, VOLUME IV: SECURITY AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
Hinsley, F.H. Cambridge University Press, New York 1979

BRITISH INTELLIGENCE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR, VOLUME V: STRATEGIC DECEPTION
Hinsley, F.H. Cambridge University Press, New York 1979

FOREIGN POLICY SINCE 1945

Lecture : A foreign policy consensus? - principles and directions

+ D. Reynolds	Britannia Overruled: British Policy and World Power in the 20th Century (1992) Chapters 6-10.
+ D. Sanders	Losing an Empire, finding a role (1990)
R. Ovendale	Anglo-American Relations in the Twentieth Century (1998)
F.S. Northedge	Descent from Power 1945-1975 (1974)
+ P. Kennedy	The Realities Behind Diplomacy (1981)
M. Dockrill	British Defence Policy since 1945 (1988)
+ C.J. Bartlett	British Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century (1989)
A. Bullock	Ernest Bevin: Foreign Secretary, 1945-1951 (1985)
+ D. Dilks	The Retreat from Power, Vol 2
M. Chalmers	Paying for Defence: Military Spending and British Decline (1985)
L. Freedman and M. Clarke	Britain in the World (1991)
A. Deighton	Britain and the First Cold War (1990)
R. Ovendale	The Foreign Policy of the Labour Governments 1945-1951
C. J. Bartlett	The Long Retreat: A Short history of British Defence Policy, 1945-1970 (1974)
J. Bayliss	Anglo-American Defence Relations, 1939-1984 (1985)
R. Ovendale	British Defence Policy Since 1945 (1995)
G. Warner	"The impact of the Second World War on British foreign policy", B. Brivati & H. Jones, What Difference Did the War Make? (1993)

Seminar : Decolonisation - from Empire to Commonwealth

Q. Assess the successes and failures of British policy towards its colonial possessions after 1945.

+ D. Sanders	Losing an Empire: Finding a Role (1990)
B. Porter	The Lion’s Share: A Short History of British Imperialism 1850-1995 (Third ed. 1996)
W.D. McIntyre	British Decolonisation 1946-1997 (1998)
D. Reynolds	Britannia Overruled (1992)
P.J. Cain	British Imperialism 1914-1990 (1993)
D. Darwin	Britain and Decolonisation (1988)
M. Kitchen	British Empire and Commonwealth : A Short History (1996)
D. Judd and P. Slinn	The Evolution of the Modern Commonwealth, 1902-1980 (1982)
R.F. Holland	European Decolonisation, 1918-1981, (1985)
N. Owen	‘Decolonisation and the Consensus’ in H. Jones and M. Kandiah, The Myths of Consensus (1997)
N. Owen	'Decolonisation and the Colonial Office', Contemporary Record, 6.3 (Winter 1992)
Contemporary Record	'The End of Empire', Vol 1.3 and 3.4
	'The Attlee government and the End of Empire', Vol 3.4, April 1990
J. Darwin	The End of the British Empire (1991)
K. Robbins	'The UK and the End of the British Empire', Journal of Contemporary History (1980)

BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY II : EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND SUEZ

Lecture : The Suez Crisis, 1956: a case study (Film)

+ D. Carlton	Britain and the Suez Crisis (1988)
R. Rhodes James	Anthony Eden (1981)
H. Thomas	The Suez Affair (1967)
A. Nutting	No End of a Lesson: The Story of Suez (1967)
S. Lloyd	Suez : 1956 (1978)
P. Dixon	'Eden After Suez', Contemporary Record, 6.1 Summer 1992
D. Widgery	The Left in Britain (Chapter 1)
R. Rose	Studies in British Politics (Chapter 5)
K. Dickson	'MP's Readoption Conflicts' Political Studies, 1975
L. Epstein	'British MPs and their Local Parties: The Suez Case', APSR 1960
Lord Avon (Eden)	Full Circle (1960)
D. Carlton	Anthony Eden (1981)
R. Lamb	The Failure of the Eden Government (1987)
R. Negrine	'The Press and the Suez Crisis: A Myth Re-examined', Historical Journal, December 1982
Contemporary Record	'Suez - What the Papers Say', Vol 1.1, Spring 1987
	'Did Suez hasten the end of Empire?', Vol 1.2, Summer 1987 and reply in Vol 1.4, Winter 1988

Seminar : Party attitudes and policy towards European integration

Q. Compare and contrast the changing attitudes and policy of the two major parties towards European integration between 1945 and 1979 and explain the reasons for their changing policies.

J.W. Young	Britain and European Unity 1945-92 (1993)
+ S. George	Awkward Partner: Britain in the EC (1994)
M. Camps	Britain and the European Community, 1955-1963 (1964)
J. Moon	European Integration in British Politics 1950-63 (1986)
U. Kitzinger	The Second Try: Labour and the EEC (1968)
U. Kitzinger	Diplomacy and Persuasion : How Britain Joined the Common Market (1973)
L. Robins	The Reluctant Party: Labour and the EEC 1961-1975 (1979)
M. Newman	Socialism and European Unity (1983)
J. Young	Britain, France and the Unity of Europe (1984)
J. Grahl and P. Teague	'The British Labour Party and European Community', Political Quarterly, Jan - March 1988
Contemporary Record	'Missing the boat: Britain and Europe 1945-1961', Vol 3.3, February 1990
R.J. Leiber	British Politics and the European Unity (1970)
C. Lord	British Entry to the European Community under Heath 1970-74 (1993)
S. Ludlam	'The Labour Party and European Integration', Politics Review, 3.4 (April 1994)