Britain, France and the Entente Cordiale Since 1904

This collection gathers many of the best-known names in the field of Anglo-French relations and provides an authoritative survey of the field. Starting with the crucial period of the First World War and ending with the equally complex question of the second Iraq War, the study has an emphasis on British perceptions of the Entente.

Auteur
ROBERT BOYCE Lecturer in International History, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK JOHN CAMPBELL Freelance Political Historian and Biographer PETER CATTERALL Lecturer in History and Public Policy, Hansard Society and Queen Mary, University of London, and in European Studies at Cass Business School, UK JAMES ELLISON Senior Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary History at Queen Mary, University of London, UK KLAUS LARRES Professor of History and International Affairs and Director of Research at the University of Ulster, UK KENNETH O'MORGAN Labour Member of the House of Lords as Lord Morgan of Aberdyfi and formerly Vice-Chancellor at the University of Wales, UK JOHN RAMSDEN Professor of Modern History at Queen Mary, University of London, UK DAVID REYNOLDS Professor of International History at Cambridge University, UK ANDREW THORPE Professor of Modern British History at the University of Exeter, UK ANDREW WEBSTER Honorary Research Associate in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia JOHN W. YOUNG Chair of International History at the University of Nottingham, UK

Contenu
Introduction: 'Britain's Most Enduring Special Relationship'; A.Capet 'French people have a peculiar facility for being misrepresented': British Perceptions of France in the Great War; J.Ramsden Lloyd George and Clemenceau: Prima Donnas in Partnership; K.O'Morgan Behind the Façade of the Entente Cordiale after the Great War; R.Boyce Entente and Argument: Britain, France and Disarmament, 1899-1934; A.Webster British Communists and Anglo-French Relations between the Wars; A.Thorpe Churchill and de Gaulle: Makers and Writers of History; D.Reynolds The Singularity of Suez in Post War Anglo-French Relations: Une Entente mal entendue ; P.Catterall De Gaulle and Anglo-French Mésentente , 1958-67; J.Ellison Franco-British Relations during the Wilson Years, 1964-70; J.W.Young From Heath to Thatcher, 1970-90; J.Campbell A Complex Alliance: the Explosive Chemistry of Franco-British Relations in the Post-Cold War World; K.Larres Index