The Russia Committee of the British Foreign Office and the Cold War, 1946-47
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10076150 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ray Merrick (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 453-468 |
| Publication date | 1985-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002200948502000307 |
| OpenAlex | W2069954210 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
Recently opened papers of the British Foreign Office serve as a reminder that there were not two, but three great powers as the second world war ended and the cold war began. They provide the opportunity to examine aspects of the cold war in greater detail and in a broader context than hitherto, by taking into account the British role and viewpoint. A fading and by far the weakest power of the so-called 'Big Three', Britain was nevertheless a much involved and interested member of this uneasy triumvirate. In particular, the records reveal how British officials in missions abroad and in the various departments of the Foreign Office obliged to interpret Soviet foreign policy and to make policy suggestions defined the situations that confronted them and the direction in which forces were moving. Such views were collated and considered within the Foreign Office by a specially created Russia Committee during the early post-war years; a period when the light of peace at the end of the tunnel of war came to be perceived rather as the light of the oncoming train of communism
Ancient history · Cold war · Economic history · Political science · Politics · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1987 - 1999 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |