Britain, the Cold War and Yugoslav Unity, 1941-1949
Britain, the Cold War and Yugoslav Unity, 1941-1949

Author: Ann Lane

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13:

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Lane's (politics, The Queen's U., Belfast) investigation into British Foreign Office policy towards Yugoslavia during the pivotal World War II and Cold War years sheds substantive light not only on British policy, but also on the delicate interplay between the Soviet Union and Tito, and US commitment to reconstruction in Western Europe. The volume clarifies much speculation about Tito's communist alliances, his break with the Soviet Union, the support offered to him by the Americans, and the strategic stability Yugoslavia supplied in a notoriously volatile historical period. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Britain, the Cold War and Yugoslav Unity, 1941-1949
Britain, the Cold War and Yugoslav Unity, 1941-1949

Author: Ann Lane

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Published: 2012-06-01

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1836240554

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This work sets out to examines the policy of the British Foreign Office towards Yugoslavia and the Tito Government, during and immediately following World War II. It looks at the relationship between Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union, and the effects on Soviet-Western relations.

Our Man in Yugoslavia
Our Man in Yugoslavia

Author: Sebastian Ritchie

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-06

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1135756511

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This book documents the wartime exploits of Owen Reed, a British army officer who was recruited into the Secret Intelligence Service in 1943 and who subsequently served with Tito's partisans in German-occupied Yugoslavia.

The Economic Struggle for Power in Tito’s Yugoslavia
The Economic Struggle for Power in Tito’s Yugoslavia

Author: Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2016-08-24

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1786730316

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Here, Vladimir Unkovski-Korica re-assesses the key episodes of Tito's rule - from the joint Stalin-Tito offensive of 1944, through to the Tito-Stalin split of 1948, the market reforms of the 1950s and the 'turn to the West' which led to Yugoslavia's non-alignment policy. For the first time, Unkovski-Korica also outlines Tito's internal battle with the Workers' Councils - empowered union bodies which emerged with the 'withering away of the party' in the early 1950s.The Economic Struggle for Power in Tito's Yugoslavia draws out the impact of the period economically and politically, and its long-term effects. A comprehensive history based on new archival research, this book will appeal to scholars and students of European Studies, International Relations and Politics, as well as to historians of the Balkans.

The Big Three Allies and the European Resistance
The Big Three Allies and the European Resistance

Author: Associate Professor of Contemporary History Tommaso Piffer

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2024-01-11

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 0198826346

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The first comparative and pan-European study of the Big Three's involvement in Resistance movements across wartime Europe. From Yugoslavia to Poland and from Greece to France and Italy, the book vividly depicts and sharply analyses how this proxy war shaped the history of the post-war settlement.

Historical Dictionary of the Cold War
Historical Dictionary of the Cold War

Author: Joseph Smith

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2017-03-15

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 1442281863

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“Cold war” was a term coined in 1945 by left-leaning British writer George Orwell to predict how powers made unconquerable by having nuclear weapons would conduct future relations. It was popularized in 1947 by American journalist Walter Lippmann amid mounting tensions between the erstwhile World War II Allies - the capitalist democracies - the United States of America and Britain - versus the Soviet Union, a communist dictatorship. As the grand alliance of the “Big Three” they had defeated Nazi Germany, its satellites and Japan in World War II but became rivals who split the world into an American-led Western “bloc” and Soviet-led Eastern “bloc.” Both were secured from direct attack by arraying ever-greater nuclear and conventional forces against the other while seeking global supremacy by other means. The 45-year Cold War lasted until the Soviet Union collapsed between 1989 and 1991. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Cold War contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, crucial countries and peripheral conflicts, the increasingly lethal weapons systems, and the various political and military strategies. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about this crucial period in history.

The Windsor Dynasty 1910 to the Present
The Windsor Dynasty 1910 to the Present

Author: Matthew Glencross

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-12-01

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1137564555

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This book explores the recreation and subsequent development of the British Monarchy during the twentieth century. Contributors examine the phenomenon of modern monarchy through an exploration of the establishment and the continuing impact of the Windsor dynasty both within Britain and the wider world, to interrogate the reasons for its survival into the twenty-first century. The successes (and failures) of the dynasty and the implications of these for its long-term survival are assessed from the perspectives of constitutional, political, diplomatic and socio-cultural history. Emphasis is placed on the use of symbols and tradition, and their reinvention, and public reactions to their employment by the Windsors, including the evidence provided by opinion polls. Starting with George V, and including darker times such as the challenge of the abdication of Edward VIII, this collection considers how far this reign was a key transition in how the British royal family has perceived itself and its role through examination of the repackaging for mass consumption via the media of a range of state occasions from coronations to funerals, as well as modernization of its relations with the military.

The Three Yugoslavias
The Three Yugoslavias

Author: Sabrina P. Ramet

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2006-06-06

Total Pages: 862

ISBN-13: 9780253346568

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Based on extensive archival research and fieldwork and the culmination of more than two decades of study, The Three Yugoslavias is a major contribution to an understanding of Yugoslavia and its successor states.

The Foreign Policies of Post-Yugoslav States
The Foreign Policies of Post-Yugoslav States

Author: S. Keil

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-12-17

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 1137384131

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The post-Yugoslav states have developed very differently since Yugoslavia dissolved in the early 1990s. This book analyzes the foreign policies of the post-Yugoslav states, thereby focusing on the main goals, actors, decision-making processes and influences on the foreign policies of these countries.

Transition of Power
Transition of Power

Author: Brian J. C. McKercher

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-02-15

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 1139425064

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This book addresses one of the least understood issues in modern international history: how, between 1930 and 1945, Britain lost its global pre-eminence to the United States. The crucial years are 1930 to 1940, for which until now no comprehensive examination of Anglo-American relations exists. Transition of Power analyses these relations in the pivotal decade, with an epilogue dealing with the Second World War after 1941. Britain and the United States, and their intertwined fates, were fundamental to the course of international history in these years. Professor McKercher's book dissects the various strands of the two powers' relationship in the fifteen years after 1930 from a British perspective - economic, diplomatic, naval and strategic.