Ritchie Ovendale
Biographic Data
| ID | 982929 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ritchie Ovendale |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ritchie |
| FAMILY NAME | Ovendale |
| SIGNATURE | OVENDALE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aberystwyth University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 113 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 110 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 113 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The English-Speaking Alliance: Britain, the United States, the Dominions and the Cold War 1945–1951
The Recognition of Communist China
Macmillan and the Wind of Change in Africa, 1957–1960
Based on the recently released documents in the Public Record Office, London, this article is concerned with examining the reasons behind the shift in the British approach towards decolonization in Africa signalled by Macmillatfs ‘‘wind of change’ speech to the South African parliament on 3 February 1960. The documents suggest that the British decision to abdicate in Africa was partly due to international considerations, and to Cold War politics …
The Origins of the Arab Israeli Wars
This highly-regarded history gives a balanced and judicious introduction to this immensely complex and controversial subject, weaving different strands of the story into a single coherent narrative, thus making it essential reading for all students studying conflict in the Middle East. Of all the troubles affecting the modern world few are as topical, deep rooted and intractable as the Arab-Israeli conflict. For this region, an understanding of t…
The Embassy in Grosvenor Square: American Ambassadors to the United Kingdom, 1938-2008
Journal Article The Embassy in Grosvenor Square: American Ambassadors to the United Kingdom, 1938–2008 Get access Alison R. Holmes and J. Simon Rofe. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. xvi, 360 pp. $95.00.) Journal of American History, Volume 100, Issue 4, March 2014, Pages 1250–1251, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jau097 Published: 01 March 2014
The British Empire and the Second World War
A.J.P. Taylor once observed that the Second World War was an Imperial war, fought by the British in the Imperial zones of the Mediterranean and the Far East, and one which ended in victory for every imperial cause. But, at the end of the conflict, the English-speaking peoples did not perceive that the Commonwealth alone provided the foundation for their greatness and security. Ashley Jackson, a lecturer in defence studies at King's College London…
The Israel-Palestine Conflict: One Hundred Years of War
Rather than offering yet another diplomatic or international history of the Arab-Israeli conflict, James L. Gelvin, an Associate Professor in History at the University of California, Los Angeles, has presented an essay, with students and general readers in mind, which is, in effect, an interpretative analysis geared to fashionable concerns, with the emphasis on the struggle between ‘two national communities’, the Israeli and the Palestinian, and …
A Road to Damascus: Mainly Diplomatic Memoirs from the Middle East
1University of Wales, Aberystwyth A Road to Damascus: Mainly Diplomatic Memoirs from the Middle East IvorLucas London/New YorkRadcliffe P. 1997274£24.50
Post-Holocaust Politics: Britain, the United States, and Jewish Refugees, 1945-1948
1University of Wales, Aberystwyth Post‐Holocaust Politics: Britain, the United States, and Jewish Refugees, 1945–1948 Arieh J.Kochavi Chapel Hill/LondonU.P. of North Carolina 2001xviii + 377£45
The British Empire as a World Power
1University of Wales, Aberystwyth The British Empire as a World Power EdwardIngram LondonFrank Cass 2001282£37.50
Anglo-American Strategic Relations and the French Problem, 1960-1963: A Troubled Partnership
Journal Article Anglo-American Strategic Relations and the French Problem, 1960-1963: A Troubled Partnership. By Constantine A. Pagedas. (London: Cass, 2000. xviii, 308 pp. $59.50, ISBN 0-7146-5002-1.) Get access Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale University of Wales, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue 1, June 2001, Page 292, https://doi…
The Birth of Israel, 1945-1949: Ben-Gurion and His Critics, Joseph Heller
Policing Islam: The British Occupation of Egypt and the Anglo-Egyptian Struggle over Control of the Police, 1882-1914, Harold Tollefson
Journal Article Policing Islam: the British Occupation of Egypt and the Anglo-Egyptian Struggle over Control of the Police, 1882–1914, Harold Tollefson Get access Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale University of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 116, Issue 465, February 2001, Pages 265–266, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/116.465.265 Published: 01 February …
Shorter notice. Israel in Search of a War. The Sinai Campaign, 1955-56. Motti Golani
Journal Article Shorter notice. Israel in Search of a War. The Sinai Campaign, 1955-56. Motti Golani Get access R Ovendale R Ovendale University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 114, Issue 458, September 1999, Pages 1031–1032, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/114.458.1031 Published: 01 September 1999
Shorter notice. War in the Gulf, 1990-91. M Khadduri, E Ghareeb
Shorter notice. Armed Struggle and the Search for State. The Palestinian National Movement, 1949-1993. Y Sayigh
Journal Article Shorter notice. Armed Struggle and the Search for State. The Palestinian National Movement, 1949-1993. Y Sayigh Get access R Ovendale R Ovendale University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 114, Issue 456, April 1999, Pages 520–521, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/114.456.520 Published: 01 April 1999
Shorter notice. Empire and Nationhood. The United States, Great Britain, and Iranian Oil, 1950-1954. MA Heiss
Journal Article Empire and Nationhood. The United States, Great Britain, and Iranian Oil, 1950-1954. MA Heiss Get access R Ovendale R Ovendale University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 114, Issue 459, November 1999, Pages 1380–1381, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/114.459.1380-a Published: 01 November 1999
Desert Victory: The War for Kuwait: Norman Friedman
Book reviewed in this article: The Scourging of Iraq: Sanctions, Law and Natural Justice, 2nd ed: Geoff Simons
Past or Present Middle East
J. N. LOCKMAN. Scattered Tracks on the Lawrence Trail: Twelve Essays on T. E. Lawrence. Whitmore Lake, Mich.: Falcon Books, 1996. Pp. xxii, 208. $24.00 (us); ANITA ENGLE. The Nili Spies. London: Frank Cass, 1997; dist. Portland, Oreg.: ISBS. Pp. x, 244. $36.00 (us); YOAV GELBER. Jewish-Transjordanian Relations, 1921-48. London: Frank Cass, 1997; dist. Pordand, Oreg.: ISBS. Pp. 320. $37.50 (us); MICHAEL J. COHEN. Fighting World War Three from the …
Prospects for Peace: Guides to the Current Middle East Predicament
The United States and Iran: In the Shadow of Musaddiq; James F. Goode
The Origin of the Arab-Israeli Arms Race: Arms, Embargo, Military Power and Decision in the 1948 Palestine War.
Major Sources and Abbreviations - List of Tables - Preface - Introduction - The Security Council's Arms Embargo of May 1948 and Its Precursors - The Warring Parties in May 1948 - The United States, the War in Palestine and the Embargo, 1947-1949 - Britain's Middle Eastern Policies and Military Assistance in 1948-1949, and the Embargo - Assistance to the Warring Parties from the Soviet Block - Other Arms Sources to Palestine in the 1948 War - The …
Shorter Notices
Journal Article SHORTER NOTICES Get access RITCHIE OVENDALE RITCHIE OVENDALE University of WalesAberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXII, Issue 449, November 1997, Pages 1323–1324, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CXII.449.1323 Published: 01 November 1997
The United States, Zionism, and Arab Nationalism
Opponents, Outsiders, and the "Unique" Case of Israel
Macmillan and the wind of change in Africa, 1957–1960
Based on the recently released documents in the Public Record Office, London, this article is concerned with examining the reasons behind the shift in the British approach towards decolonization in Africa signalled by Macmillan's ‘wind of change’ speech to the South African parliament on 3 February 1960. The documents suggest that the British decision to abdicate in Africa was partly due to international considerations, and to Cold War politics a…
Post-Holocaust Politics: Britain, the United States, and Jewish Refugees, 1945-1948
1University of Wales, Aberystwyth Post‐Holocaust Politics: Britain, the United States, and Jewish Refugees, 1945–1948 Arieh J.Kochavi Chapel Hill/LondonU.P. of North Carolina 2001xviii + 377£45
British Foreign Policy 1945–1973
British Foreign Policy 1945–1973 Get access British Foreign Policy 1945–1973. By Joseph Frankel. London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press for the Royal Institute of International Affairs. 1975. 356 pp. £6.95. R. Ovendale R. Ovendale 1University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 51, Issue 4, October 1975, Pages 574–575, https://doi.org/10.2…
Western security: The formative years. European and Atlantic defence 1947–1953
Journal Article Western security: the formative years. European and Atlantic defence 1947–1953 Get access Western security: the formative years. European and Atlantic defence 1947–1953. Edited by Olav Riste. Oslo: Norwegian University Press/Universitetsforlaget. 1985. (Distrib. in UK by Oxford University Press, Oxford.) 333 pp. Index. £24.50. ISBN 82 00 07137 5. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Search fo…
A place among the nations: Israel and the world
Journal Article A place among the nations: Israel and the world Get access A place among the nations: Israel and the world. By Benjamin Netanyahu. London: Bantam. 1993. 467pp. Index. £17.99. ISBN 0 593 03446 5. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 70, Issue 2, April 1994, Page 380, https://doi.org/10.2307/2625339 P…
The Carter administration's quest for global community: Beliefs and their impact on behavior
Journal Article The Carter administration's quest for global community: beliefs and their impact on behavior Get access The Carter administration's quest for global community: beliefs and their impact on behavior. By Jerel A. Rosati. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press. 1987. 260pp. Index. $24.95. ISBN 0 87249 508 6. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: …
Great Britain and the Anglo-American Invasion of Jordan and Lebanon in 1958
(1994). Great Britain and the Anglo-American Invasion of Jordan and Lebanon in 1958. The International History Review: Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 284-303
The national security: Its theory and practice, 1945–1960
Journal Article The national security: its theory and practice, 1945–1960 Get access The national security: its theory and practice, 1945–1960. Edited by Norman A. Graebner. New York: Oxford University Press. 1986. 316pp. Index. Pb. £7.00. ISBN 0 19 503987 4. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 63, Issue 2…
Cutting the lion's tail: Suez through Egyptian eyes
Journal Article Cutting the lion's tail: Suez through Egyptian eyes Get access Cutting the lion's tail: Suez through Egyptian eyes. By Mohamed H. Heikal. London: Deutsch. 1986. 242pp. Index. £12.95. ISBN 0 233 97967 0. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 63, Issue 4, autumn 1987, Page 670, https://doi.org/…
African decolonization
Journal Article African decolonization Get access African decolonization. By H. S. Wilson, London: Edward Arnold. 1994. 222pp. Index. Pb.: £12.99. ISBN 0 340 55929 2. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 71, Issue 4, October 1995, Page 906, https://doi.org/10.2307/2625204 Published: 01 October 1995
Illusions of triumph: An Arab view of the Gulf War
Journal Article Illusions of triumph: an Arab view of the Gulf War Get access Illusions of triumph: an Arab view of the Gulf War. By Mohamed Heikal. London: HarperCollins. 1992. 350pp. Index. £17.50. ISBN 0 00 255014 8. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 68, Issue 4, October 1992, Page 772, https://doi.or…
Britain, the United States, and the Recognition Of Communist China
During the years following the end of the Second World War the British Labour government was preoccupied with the threat posed by Russia. Britain could not contain Russia on its own; indeed, only the United States possessed the necessary power. At the beginning of 1949 this was emphasized by the newly formed permanent under secretary's committee headed by William Strang. That committee considered the Anglo-American special relationship as the piv…
Britain, the United States, and the Cold War in South-East Asia, 1949–1950
Journal Article Britain, the United States, and the Cold War in South-East Asia, 1949–1950 Get access Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 58, Issue 3, Summer 1982, Pages 447–464, https://doi.org/10.2307/2617808 Published: 01 July 1982
African conflict resolution: The US role in peacemaking
Journal Article African conflict resolution: the US role in peacemaking Get access African conflict resolution: the US role in peacemaking. Edited by David Smockand Chester A. Crocker. Washington DC: United States Institute for Peace Press. 1995. 163pp. Index. £11.95. ISBN 1 878379 00 3. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affair…
Human rights and US foreign policy: Congress reconsidered
Human rights and US foreign policy: Congress reconsidered Get access Human rights and US foreign policy: Congress reconsidered. By David P. Forsythe. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press. 1988. 224pp. Index. $24.00. ISBN 0 8130 0885 9. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 65, Issue 1, January 1988,…
The Palestine Policy of the British Labour Government 1947: The Decision to Withdraw
Journal Article The Palestine Policy of the British Labour Government 1947: the Decision to Withdraw Get access Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 56, Issue 1, January 1980, Pages 73–93, https://doi.org/10.2307/2615720 Published: 01 January 1980
The Palestine Policy of the British Labour Government 1945–1946
Journal Article The Palestine Policy of the British Labour Government 1945–1946 Get access Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 55, Issue 3, July 1979, Pages 409–431, https://doi.org/10.2307/2615148 Published: 01 July 1979
The decision to use the atomic bomb and the architecture of an American myth
Journal Article The decision to use the atomic bomb and the architecture of an American myth Get access The decision to use the atomic bomb and the architecture of an American myth. By Gar Alperovitz. London: HarperCollins. 1995. 843pp. Index. £25.00. ISBN 0 00 255614 6. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 72, Iss…
The end of superpower: British Foreign Office conceptions of a changing world, 1945–51
Journal Article The end of superpower: British Foreign Office conceptions of a changing world, 1945–51 Get access The end of superpower: British Foreign Office conceptions of a changing world, 1945–51. By Stuart Croft. Aldershot, Hants: Dartmouth. 1994. 225pp. Index. £35.00. ISBN 1 85521 449 0. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University of Wales, Aberystywth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International…
Egypt's bid for Arab leadership: Implications for US policy
Journal Article Egypt's bid for Arab leadership: implications for US policy Get access Egypt's bid for Arab leadership: implications for US policy. By Gregory L. Aftandilian. New York: Council on Foreign Relations Press. 1993. 106pp. Index. Pb.: $10.95. ISBN 0 87609 146 x. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 70, I…
Nuclear diplomacy and the special relationship: Britain's deterrent and America, 1957–1962
Journal Article Nuclear diplomacy and the special relationship: Britain's deterrent and America, 1957–1962 Get access Nuclear diplomacy and the special relationship: Britain's deterrent and America, 1957–1962. By Ian Clark. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1994. 461pp. Index. £45.00. ISBN 0 19 827370 3. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Inte…
America in the modern world: The transcendence of United States hegemony
Journal Article America in the modern world: the transcendence of United States hegemony Get access America in the modern world: the transcendence of United States hegemony. By Stephen Burman. Hemel Hempstead: Harvester/Wheatsheaf. 1991. 216pp. Index. £45.00; ISBN 0 7450 0363 x. Pb.: £13.95; ISBN 0 7450 1098 9. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Goo…
The shattered crystal ball: Fear and learning in the Cuban missile crisis
Journal Article The shattered crystal ball: fear and learning in the Cuban missile crisis Get access The shattered crystal ball: fear and learning in the Cuban missile crisis. By James G. Blight. Savage, MD: Rowman and Littlefield. 1990. 199pp. Index. $33.50. ISBN 0 8476 7609 9. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs…
Asad of Syria: The struggle for the Middle East
Journal Article Asad of Syria: the struggle for the Middle East Get access Asad of Syria: the struggle for the Middle East. By Patrick Seale. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 1990. (First publ. 1988.) 552pp. Index. Pb.: $12.95. ISBN 0 520 06976 5. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 67, Issue …
American presidents and the Middle East
Journal Article American presidents and the Middle East Get access American presidents and the Middle East. By George Lenczowski. Durham, NC, London: Duke University Press. 1990. 322pp. Index. £45.10; ISBN 0 8223 0963 7. Pb.: £18.95; ISBN 0 8223 0972 6. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 66, Issue 4, Octo…
Harry Dexter White: A Study in Paradox
Harry Dexter White: A Study in Paradox Get access Harry Dexter White: A Study in Paradox. By David Rees. London, Basingstoke, New York, Dublin, Melbourne, Johannesburg, Madras: Macmillan. 1974. 506 pp. Bibliog. Index. £5⋅95. R. Ovendale R. Ovendale Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 50, Issue 4, October 1974, Pages 685–686, https://doi.org/10.2307/2615986 Published: 01 October 19…
Cold Winter, Cold War
Cold Winter, Cold War Get access Cold Winter, Cold War. By Robert G. Kaiser. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson: New York: Stein and Day. 1974. 226 pp. Bibliog. Index. £6.00. R. Ovendale R. Ovendale Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 51, Issue 2, April 1975, Page 301, https://doi.org/10.2307/2617290 Published: 01 April 1975
British Foreign Policy 1945–1973
British Foreign Policy 1945–1973 Get access British Foreign Policy 1945–1973. By Joseph Frankel. London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press for the Royal Institute of International Affairs. 1975. 356 pp. £6.95. R. Ovendale R. Ovendale 1University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 51, Issue 4, October 1975, Pages 574–575, https://doi.org/10.2…
The United States and Britain and The Unhinged Alliance: America and the European Community
Informal Entente: The Private Structure of Cooperation in Anglo-American Economic Diplomacy, 1918–1928
Journal Article Informal Entente: The Private Structure of Cooperation in Anglo-American Economic Diplomacy, 1918–1928 Get access Informal Entente: The Private Structure of Cooperation in Anglo-American Economic Diplomacy, 1918–1928. By Michael J. Hogan. Columbia, London: University of Missouri Press. 1977. 254 pp. $12.50. R. Ovendale R. Ovendale 1University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic G…
The Palestine Policy of the British Labour Government 1945–1946
Journal Article The Palestine Policy of the British Labour Government 1945–1946 Get access Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 55, Issue 3, July 1979, Pages 409–431, https://doi.org/10.2307/2615148 Published: 01 July 1979
Africa and the United States: Vital Interests
Profit or patriotism: Natal, the Transvaal, and the coming of the second Anglo‐Boer war
The Palestine Policy of the British Labour Government 1947: The Decision to Withdraw
Journal Article The Palestine Policy of the British Labour Government 1947: the Decision to Withdraw Get access Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 56, Issue 1, January 1980, Pages 73–93, https://doi.org/10.2307/2615720 Published: 01 January 1980
The Origins of the Cold War in the Near East: Great Power Conflict and Diplomacy in Iran, Turkey, and Greece
Journal Article The Origins of the Cold War in the Near East: Great Power Conflict and Diplomacy in Iran, Turkey, and Greece Get access The Origins of the Cold War in the Near East: Great Power Conflict and Diplomacy in Iran, Turkey, and Greece. By Bruce R. Kuniholm. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 1980. 485 pp. £15.20. Pb:£5.90. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this …
The Great Powers in the Middle East 1914–1947: The Road to the Cold War
Journal Article The Great Powers in the Middle East 1914–1947: The Road to the Cold War Get access The Great Powers in the Middle East 1914–1947: The Road to the Cold War. By Barry Rubin. Totowa, NJ, London: Cass. 1980. 254 pp. £14.50. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 57, Issue 3, Summer 1981, Page 500,…
Race and Rapprochement: Anglo-Saxonism and Anglo-American Relations, 1895-1904
Britain, the U. S. A. And the European Cold War, 1945–8
Britain, the United States, and the Cold War in South-East Asia, 1949–1950
Journal Article Britain, the United States, and the Cold War in South-East Asia, 1949–1950 Get access Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 58, Issue 3, Summer 1982, Pages 447–464, https://doi.org/10.2307/2617808 Published: 01 July 1982
Witnesses to the Origins of the Cold War
Witnesses to the Origins of the Cold War Get access Witnesses to the Origins of the Cold War. Edited by Thomas T. Hammond. Seattle, London: University of Washington Press. 1982. 318 pp. Index. $28.15. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 59, Issue 1, Winter 1982, Pages 109–110, https://doi.org/10.2307/26201…
The South African policy of the British Labour government, 1947–51
In 1899 Joseph Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for Colonies, and Sir Alfred Milner, the High Commissioner, fought to maintain British supremacy in South Africa. The Cabinet was told that the contest for supremacy was between 'the Dutch and the English': what was at stake was the position of Great Britain in South Africa, 'and with it the estimate formed of our power and influence in Colonies throughout the world'.' At the same time, in the Tr…
Ambiguous Partnership: Britain and America, 1944–1947
Journal Article Ambiguous Partnership: Britain and America, 1944–1947 Get access Ambiguous Partnership: Britain and America, 1944–1947. By Robert M. Hathaway. New York: Columbia University Press. 1981. 410pp. $32.50. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 58, Issue 3, Summer 1982, Page 528, https://doi.org/10…
The puzzle palace: America's National Security Agency and its special relationship with Britain's GCHQ
Journal Article The puzzle palace: America's National Security Agency and its special relationship with Britain's GCHQ Get access The puzzle palace: America's National Security Agency and its special relationship with Britain's GCHQ. By James Bamford. London: Sidgwick and Jackson. 1983. 465 pp. Index. £9.95. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google…
Palestine and the Great Powers 1945–1948
Journal Article Palestine and the Great Powers 1945–1948 Get access Palestine and the Great Powers 1945–1948. By Michael J. Cohen. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 1982. 417pp. Index. £26.00. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 59, Issue 3, July 1983, Pages 515–516, https://doi.org/10.2307/261885…
The putsch that failed: Munich 1923—Hitler's rehearsal for power
Journal Article The putsch that failed: Munich 1923—Hitler's rehearsal for power Get access The putsch that failed: Munich 1923—Hitler's rehearsal for power. By J. Dornberg. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1982. 385pp. Index. £10.95. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 59, Issue 3, July 1983, Pages 509–510,…
Britain, the United States, and the Recognition Of Communist China
During the years following the end of the Second World War the British Labour government was preoccupied with the threat posed by Russia. Britain could not contain Russia on its own; indeed, only the United States possessed the necessary power. At the beginning of 1949 this was emphasized by the newly formed permanent under secretary's committee headed by William Strang. That committee considered the Anglo-American special relationship as the piv…
The Middle East remembered
Journal Article The Middle East remembered Get access The Middle East remembered. By John S. Badeau. Washington, DC: Middle East Institute. 1983. 271 pp. Index. $25.00. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 60, Issue 3, Summer 1984, Pages 511–512, https://doi.org/10.2307/2617662 Published: 01 July 1984
Western security: The formative years. European and Atlantic defence 1947–1953
Journal Article Western security: the formative years. European and Atlantic defence 1947–1953 Get access Western security: the formative years. European and Atlantic defence 1947–1953. Edited by Olav Riste. Oslo: Norwegian University Press/Universitetsforlaget. 1985. (Distrib. in UK by Oxford University Press, Oxford.) 333 pp. Index. £24.50. ISBN 82 00 07137 5. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Search fo…
Poland to Pearl Harbor: The making of the Second World War
Journal Article Poland to Pearl Harbor: the making of the Second World War Get access Poland to Pearl Harbor: the making of the Second World War. By William Carr. London: Arnold. 1985. 183 pp. Index. Pb. £6.95. ISBN 0 7131 6438 7. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 61, Issue 3, July 1985, Pages 511–512, h…
Voyage to freedom: An episode in the illegal immigration to Palestine
Voyage to freedom: an episode in the illegal immigration to Palestine Voyage to freedom: an episode in the illegal immigration to Palestine. By Ze'ev Venia Hadari and Ze'ev Tsahor. Totowa, NJ, London: Vallentine, Mitchell. 1985. 214pp. £15.00; ISBN 0 85303 214 9. Pb.: £9.50; ISBN 0 85303 217 3. Ritchie Ovendale Ritchie Ovendale 1University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Inter…
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