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The Long Retreat

A Short History of British Defence Policy, 1945–70

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. In Search of a Defence Policy: 1945–7

    • C. J. Bartlett
    Pages 1-44
  3. Retrenchment and Suez: 1955–6

    • C. J. Bartlett
    Pages 105-128
  4. The Impact of Duncan Sandys: 1957–62

    • C. J. Bartlett
    Pages 129-169
  5. Illusions of Grandeur: 1962–6

    • C. J. Bartlett
    Pages 170-214
  6. An Exercise in Optimism: 1966–70

    • C. J. Bartlett
    Pages 215-263
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 264-306

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