Britain and the Cold War, 1945-1964 offers new perspectives on ways in which Britain fought the Cold War, and illuminates key areas of the policy formulation process. It argues that in many ways Britain and the United States perceived and handled the threat posed by the Communist bloc in similar terms: nevertheless, Britain's continuing global commitments, post-war economic problems and somestic considerations obliged her on occasion to tackle the threat rather differently.

JUHANA AUNESLUOMA Lecturer in Contemporary History, University of Helsinki, Finland STEPHEN BLACKWELL PhD graduate and researcher in British civil-military relations PETER BUSCH Lecturer, University of Erfurt, Germany ERIK GOLDSTEIN Professor of International Relations, Boston University SEAN GREENWOOD Professor of Modern History, Canterbury Christ Church University College IAN JACKSON Lecturer in International Relations and American Foreign Policy, De Montfort University, Leicester JOHN JENKS Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, Dominican University, Illinois MARTIN LONGDEN Historian at Foreign Commonwealth Office SPENCER MAWBY Lecturer in Politics, University of Leicester WAYNE REYNOLDS Senior Lecturer in history, University of Newcastle, Australia IAN SPELLER Senior Lecturer in defence Studies, UK Joint Services Command and Staff College