The British Political Elite and the Soviet Union
- ISBN-10
- 1135761264
- ISBN-13
- 9781135761264
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 210
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-06-17
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Louise Grace Shaw
Description
Private papers, diaries and government and Foreign Office records are used within this book to produce an analysis of the attitudes of the British political elite towards the Soviet Union, assessing the influence such attitudes had upon British foreign policy between May 1937 and August 1939.
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