Synopses & Reviews
This collection of essays reviews the politico-military relationship between Britain and France between the two World Wars. As well as examining the relationship between the two nations' armed services, the book's contributors also analyze key themes in Anglo-French inter-war defense politics - disarmament, intelligence and imperial defense - and joint military, political and economic preparations for a second world war.
Synopsis
This collection of essays reviews the politico-military relationship between Britain and France between the two World Wars. As well as examining the relationship between the two nations' armed services, the book's contributors also analyze key themes in Anglo-French inter-war defense politics - disarmament, intelligence and imperial defense - and joint military, political and economic preparations for a second world war.
About the Author
Martin S. Alexander is in the Department of International Politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
William J. Philpott is Lecturer in Military History at Kings College London.
Table of Contents
Preface--P. Bell * Introduction: Choppy Channel Waters: The Crests and Troughs of AngloFrench Defence Relations Between the Wars--M.S. Alexander & W.J. Philpott * Growing Respect: The Royal Navy and the Marine Nationale, 1918-39--A. Clayton * An Argument Without End: Britain, France and the Disarmament Process, 1925-34--A.Webster * Britain, France and the Emerging Italian Threat, 193538--R.M. Salerno * France, Britain and the Making of the AngloFrench Alliance, 1938-9--T. Imlay * Intelligence in AngloFrench Relations Before the Outbreak of the Second World War--P. Jackson & J.A. Maiolo * Imperial Defence or Diversionary Attack? AngloFrench Strategic Planning in the Near East 1936-40--M. Thomas * Preparing to Feed Mars: AngloFrench Economic Coordination and the Coming of War, 1937-40--M.S. Alexander * The Benefit of Experience? The Supreme War Council and the Higher Management of Coalition War, 1939-40--W.J. Philpott