The English-Speaking Alliance: Britain, the United States, the Dominions and the Cold War 1945–1951

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Ritchie Ovendale

The English-Speaking Alliance

Britain, the United States, the Dominions and the Cold War 1945–1951

Ritchie Ovendale

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Routledge
01 November 2024

Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Military history; International relations; Theory of warfare & military science

Series: Routledge Revivals

As with ‘appeasement’, myths and legends have proliferated about the origins of the Cold War. It has often been treated as largely a European affair, with the responses to the Russian threat being led by the Americans. Before 1951, however, the Cold War was almost global in scale, extending across Europe and Asia, penetrating the Middle East and Africa. It was the British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin who was the principal architect of the Western alliance formed to counter the perceived menace. Bevin organized Europe in preparation for the Marshall Plan, initiated the Western Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, but his vision was wider. Like Neville Chamberlain in the late 1930s, Bevin outlined a plan for an ‘English-speaking defence alliance’. The French were defeatist, and it was politically impossible to propose reliance on Germany for defence. What was needed was a bond between Britain, the United States and the old ‘white’ Dominions.

First published in 1985, The English-Speaking Alliance is the story of how the post-war Labour governments sustained the image of Britain as a world power and laid the foundations of the West’s Cold War foreign policy. It is told from sources in the British, American and Australian archives, some of which have been used for the first time.

By laying bare the mechanics of the process of alliance building, Ritchie Ovendale offers many new insights which challenge the orthodox view of this crucial period of international politics. As such it will appeal to anyone with an interest in world politics and a desire to know more about how the current superpower regime developed.

By: Ritchie Ovendale
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 760g
ISBN: 9781032914718
ISBN 10: 1032914718
Series: Routledge Revivals
Pages: 322
Publication Date: 01 November 2024
Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , Primary , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ritchie Ovendale was a former member of staff at the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University, UK. He came to the Department of International Politics as a lecturer in 1968 after studying in his native South Africa (BA & MA Natal), Canada (MA McMaster) and Oxford (DPhil New College). He was in part motivated to leave South Africa by the apartheid system which helped shape his political awareness. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Ritchie was an accomplished historian and prolific author.