Martin H Folly
Biographic Data
| ID | 5369228 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin H Folly |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin H |
| FAMILY NAME | Folly |
| SIGNATURE | FOLLY M H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brunel University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3122-5512 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
They treat us with scant respect’
Britain stationed a military mission in the USSR from 1941-45. This article examines the British conduct of the Mission at a crucial stage of the war, from November 1942 to November 1943. Prompted by a report from the head of the Mission, the Chiefs of Staff decided in February 1943 to institute a ‘new deal’, to try to end what was seen as ‘one-way traffic’ in the relationship. A new head, General Martel, was appointed, to make higher-level conta…
From Sevastopol to Sukhumi – and back again
During World War II, Britain established a liaison officer with the Soviet Fleet in the Black Sea. Military cooperation between the western allies and the USSR is often regarded as minimal and unsuccessful, but this post demonstrated more positive cooperation. There were two crises when there were accusations of misbehaviour, and there were occasions when he was idle, but these were handled successfully in Whitehall. The post endured, and success…
British Attempts to Forge a Political Partnership with the Kremlin, 1942–3
In February 1943, the British Foreign Office launched an initiative to open discussions with the Soviet Union on postwar aims, a subject which had been off-limits since the disputes over Soviet frontiers during the negotiation of the Anglo–Soviet Treaty in early 1942. Joseph Stalin’s response was to treat the approach seriously, and to request concrete proposals that would lead to a firm formal agreement. The British immediately pulled back, and …
Churchill, America and Vietnam, 1941–45/The Cairo conference of 1943
‘The impression is growing … that the United States is hard when dealing with us’
A Long, Slow and Painful Road”
This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below. Copyright @ 2012 Taylor & Francis
Protecting the Northern Flank, or Keeping the Cold War out of Scandinavia? British Planning and the Place of Norway and Denmark in a North Atlantic Pact, 1947–9
This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below. Copyright @ 2012 Taylor & Francis
Dealing with the Devil. Anglo-Soviet Intelligence Cooperation During the Second World War
The Myth of the Eastern Front
The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the Second World War
The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the Second World War explores in graphical form, the causes, course, and consequences of this global war. Clear two-colour maps and diagrams are accompanied by
The War in Africa and the Middle East
Like the British, the Axis powers, though less wholeheartedly, sought to stretch their enemy’s resources, in particular in East Africa and the Middle East. In East Africa, Italian forces took advantage of Britain’s distraction to invade British Somaliland from Ethiopia on 5 August 1940, and conquer it easily. The previous month they had penetrated into Kenya and had occupied frontier towns in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Italian forces were larger than …
The War in North Africa 1942
T he start of 1942 found Rommel back where he had started from in March 1941. However, the same problem that had afflicted him after his advance the previous year — logistical overstretch — was now a British problem. He was back near the source of his supplies, Tripoli, while the British were a long way from theirs, and Benghazi was too damaged to serve and was in range of Rommel’s dive-bombers. The British once again needed to transfer troops el…
Kennedy, Macmillan, and Nuclear Weapons
Journal Article Kennedy, Macmillan, and Nuclear Weapons. By Donette Murray. (New York: St. Martin's, 2000. x, 220 pp. $65.00, ISBN 0-312-22221-1.) Get access Martin H. Folly Martin H. Folly Brunei UniversityMiddlesex, England Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue 1, June 2001, Pages 292–293, https://doi.org/10.2307/2675057 Published: 01 June 2001
The red air force in Italy, 1944
In March 1944, the Soviets requested permission to base some aircraft in southern Italy. As the area was under Anglo‐American control, this raised some significant issues concerning wartime cooperation with the Soviets. Once it was set up, the base (at Bari) was used to send an unannounced mission to the Communist part of the Greek resistance movement. This paper considers the development of British attitudes towards these Soviet activities and d…
The Long Entanglement
Journal Article The Long Entanglement: NATO's First Fifty Years. By Lawrence S. Kaplan. (Westport: Praeger, 1999. xiv, 262 pp. Cloth, $65.00, ISBN 0-275-96418-3. Paper, $22.95, ISBN 0-275-96419-1.) Get access Martin H. Folly Martin H. Folly Brunei University, London, England Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 1, June 2000, Pages 282–283, https://doi.org/10.2307/25…
Breaking the Vicious Circle
The North Atlantic Treaty was signed in Washington, DC, on 4 April 1949, six months after the United States had issued invitations to the negotiations. At the time the entire process appeared to be the result of American initiatives. The earliest historians of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) reinforced this perception, asserting that the United States had created the pact in response to a Soviet threat to American security. In their…
Britain and the issue of Italian membership of Nato, 1948–49
NATO has been a fixed point in international politics for forty years and is part of the basic framework of relations between the West and the Soviet Union. NATO present form owes much to the milieu of the late 1940s which gave it birth and to crucial developments in its early years. Important insight into the character of the alliance can be gained by examination of the negotiation of the North Atlantic Treaty itself. It has emerged from recent …
Protecting the Northern Flank, or Keeping the Cold War out of Scandinavia? British Planning and the Place of Norway and Denmark in a North Atlantic Pact, 1947–9
This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below. Copyright @ 2012 Taylor & Francis
The red air force in Italy, 1944
In March 1944, the Soviets requested permission to base some aircraft in southern Italy. As the area was under Anglo‐American control, this raised some significant issues concerning wartime cooperation with the Soviets. Once it was set up, the base (at Bari) was used to send an unannounced mission to the Communist part of the Greek resistance movement. This paper considers the development of British attitudes towards these Soviet activities and d…
Britain and the issue of Italian membership of Nato, 1948–49
NATO has been a fixed point in international politics for forty years and is part of the basic framework of relations between the West and the Soviet Union. NATO present form owes much to the milieu of the late 1940s which gave it birth and to crucial developments in its early years. Important insight into the character of the alliance can be gained by examination of the negotiation of the North Atlantic Treaty itself. It has emerged from recent …
Breaking the Vicious Circle
The North Atlantic Treaty was signed in Washington, DC, on 4 April 1949, six months after the United States had issued invitations to the negotiations. At the time the entire process appeared to be the result of American initiatives. The earliest historians of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) reinforced this perception, asserting that the United States had created the pact in response to a Soviet threat to American security. In their…
The red air force in Italy, 1944
In March 1944, the Soviets requested permission to base some aircraft in southern Italy. As the area was under Anglo‐American control, this raised some significant issues concerning wartime cooperation with the Soviets. Once it was set up, the base (at Bari) was used to send an unannounced mission to the Communist part of the Greek resistance movement. This paper considers the development of British attitudes towards these Soviet activities and d…
The Long Entanglement
Journal Article The Long Entanglement: NATO's First Fifty Years. By Lawrence S. Kaplan. (Westport: Praeger, 1999. xiv, 262 pp. Cloth, $65.00, ISBN 0-275-96418-3. Paper, $22.95, ISBN 0-275-96419-1.) Get access Martin H. Folly Martin H. Folly Brunei University, London, England Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 1, June 2000, Pages 282–283, https://doi.org/10.2307/25…
Kennedy, Macmillan, and Nuclear Weapons
Journal Article Kennedy, Macmillan, and Nuclear Weapons. By Donette Murray. (New York: St. Martin's, 2000. x, 220 pp. $65.00, ISBN 0-312-22221-1.) Get access Martin H. Folly Martin H. Folly Brunei UniversityMiddlesex, England Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue 1, June 2001, Pages 292–293, https://doi.org/10.2307/2675057 Published: 01 June 2001
The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the Second World War
The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the Second World War explores in graphical form, the causes, course, and consequences of this global war. Clear two-colour maps and diagrams are accompanied by
The War in Africa and the Middle East
Like the British, the Axis powers, though less wholeheartedly, sought to stretch their enemy’s resources, in particular in East Africa and the Middle East. In East Africa, Italian forces took advantage of Britain’s distraction to invade British Somaliland from Ethiopia on 5 August 1940, and conquer it easily. The previous month they had penetrated into Kenya and had occupied frontier towns in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Italian forces were larger than …
The War in North Africa 1942
T he start of 1942 found Rommel back where he had started from in March 1941. However, the same problem that had afflicted him after his advance the previous year — logistical overstretch — was now a British problem. He was back near the source of his supplies, Tripoli, while the British were a long way from theirs, and Benghazi was too damaged to serve and was in range of Rommel’s dive-bombers. The British once again needed to transfer troops el…
The Myth of the Eastern Front
‘The impression is growing … that the United States is hard when dealing with us’
A Long, Slow and Painful Road”
This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below. Copyright @ 2012 Taylor & Francis
Protecting the Northern Flank, or Keeping the Cold War out of Scandinavia? British Planning and the Place of Norway and Denmark in a North Atlantic Pact, 1947–9
This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below. Copyright @ 2012 Taylor & Francis
Dealing with the Devil. Anglo-Soviet Intelligence Cooperation During the Second World War
Churchill, America and Vietnam, 1941–45/The Cairo conference of 1943
British Attempts to Forge a Political Partnership with the Kremlin, 1942–3
In February 1943, the British Foreign Office launched an initiative to open discussions with the Soviet Union on postwar aims, a subject which had been off-limits since the disputes over Soviet frontiers during the negotiation of the Anglo–Soviet Treaty in early 1942. Joseph Stalin’s response was to treat the approach seriously, and to request concrete proposals that would lead to a firm formal agreement. The British immediately pulled back, and …
From Sevastopol to Sukhumi – and back again
During World War II, Britain established a liaison officer with the Soviet Fleet in the Black Sea. Military cooperation between the western allies and the USSR is often regarded as minimal and unsuccessful, but this post demonstrated more positive cooperation. There were two crises when there were accusations of misbehaviour, and there were occasions when he was idle, but these were handled successfully in Whitehall. The post endured, and success…
They treat us with scant respect’
Britain stationed a military mission in the USSR from 1941-45. This article examines the British conduct of the Mission at a crucial stage of the war, from November 1942 to November 1943. Prompted by a report from the head of the Mission, the Chiefs of Staff decided in February 1943 to institute a ‘new deal’, to try to end what was seen as ‘one-way traffic’ in the relationship. A new head, General Martel, was appointed, to make higher-level conta…
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