the United States and the decolonization of the British Empire, 1941-1945 /
First Statement of Responsibility
by Wm. Roger Louis.
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New York :
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Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1978.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xiv, 594 pages ;
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22 cm
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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PART I: INTRODUCTORY AND PARALLEL THEMES: Trusteeship and imperialism -- The future of South-East Asia adn the question of French colonies -- The defence of the Middle East and the fate of the Italian colonies -- American security and the controversy over the Japanese Mandated Islands -- International trusteeship.
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PART II: FROM THE ATLANTIC CHARTER TO THE CAIRO DECLARATION: Article III of the Atlantic Charter: self-determination -- The fall of Singapore and the future of the British Empire: trusteeship versus partnership -- Roosevelt and the American public's attitude towards the colonial issue from the Pearl Harbor to the anniversary of the Atlantic Charter -- Trusteeship and the State Department's Post-War Foreign Policy Advisory Committee in 1942 -- Cordell Hull and the State Department's Trusteeship Planning -- The British response to the developing American anti-colonial campaign. Lord Cranborne's policy of "We hold what we have". The beginning of the Colonial Office's regional co-operation schemes -- The crescendo of American criticism and Churchill's 'First Minister speech -- London and the dominions in the Winter of 1942-1943. Parent states. The position of India in regional commissions. International accountability -- The three dimensions fo American trusteeship diplomacy in 1945 -- The British reaction to the 'Declaration on National Independence'. The Colonial Secretary's policy statement of the 13th of July 1943 -- The military element in Roosevelt's trusteeship planning -- The Cairo Declaration: the dismemberment of Japan's Errrpire.
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PART III: FROM CAIRO TO YALTA: The Australian-New Zealand agreement of January 1944 -- Regional planning in the Colonial Office -- Isiah bowman's Colonial Mission to London, April 1944 -- The Dominion Prime Ministers' Conference of May1944 -- Roosevelt and the State Department in the Winter and Spring of 1944; the question of a growing 'spirt of imperialism' -- The American military's stand on the annexation of the Pacific Islands -- The colonial question at the Dumbarton Oaks Conference on International Organization. The advent of Hilton Poynton and Kenneth Robinson in trusteeship affairs -- The Colonial Office takes the initiative. The Poynton-Robinson Project on 'International Aspects of Colonial Policy' -- The Australian-New Zealand Conference of November 1944 -- Washington in the Winter of 1944-1945. The advent of Sir Frederick Eggleston as Australian Minister. Arthur Creech Jones and the Institute of Pacific Relations Conference at Hot Springs. -- Prelude to Yalta: the Colonial Secretary's visit to Washington in January 1945 -- Yalta: agreement on the trusteeship formula.
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PART IV: THE COLONIAL SETTLEMENT OF 1945: The aftermath of Yalta: London -- The aftermath of Yalta: Washington -- The International Conference before San Francisco: the Commonwealth Meeting in London, April 1945 -- San Francisco: the Resolution of the 'Strategic Trust' controversy and the foundation of colonial accountability -- San Francisco: the question of colonial independence -- Strategic security and the colonial situation in 1945.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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An account of Anglo-American relations during World War II when Churchill was morally certain that Britain was fighting to preserve the British Empire; while Roosevelt and his American entourage were equally convinced that the war was a crusade for the independence of peoples. An excellent narrative of the diplomatic sparring and thursting between the British Colonial Office, as Churchill's principal exponent, and the U.S. State Department under Roosevelt, over the issue as it kept surfacing throughout the period.
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Title
Imperialism at bay.
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer, Bitterfeld
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Decolonization-- Great Britain-- Colonies-- History-- 20th century.
Decolonization-- History.
International trusteeships.
World War, 1939-1945-- Diplomatic history.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945-- Histoire diplomatique.