Britain, Sweden and the Cold War: Understanding Neutrality

by Rishi Shanker

Overview

Juhana Aunesluoma considers the ways in which Scandinavia's, in particular neutral Sweden's, relationship was forged with the Western powers after the Second World War. He argues that during the early cold war Britain had a special role in Scandinavia and in the ways in which Western oriented neutrality became a part of the international system. New evidence is presented on British, American and Swedish foreign and defence policies regarding neutrality in the cold war.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333981931
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	09/06/2003
Series:	St. Antony's
Edition description:	2003
Product dimensions:	5.52(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.72(d)

About the Author

Juhana Aunesluoma is Lecturer of Contemporary History, University of Helsinki, Finland. Richard Clogg is fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford.

Table of Contents

Introduction Converging or Competing Interests? 1945-47 Trade, Economic Cooperation and Foreign Policy 1945-52 Atlantic Alliance vs. Scandinavian Unity 1948-49 The Scandinavian Defence Dilemma 1949-51 A Failed Political Breakthrough 1951-52 Defining Sweden's Position in Western Defence 1952-54 Conclusion Index