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Spying (in)spires: The dwindling likelihood of an Oxford spy ring to rival the Cambridge Five 间谍(在)塔尖:牛津间谍圈与剑桥五人组竞争的可能性越来越小

2区历史学

Contemporary British History Pub Date : 2023-09-22 DOI: 10.1080/13619462.2023.2259319

Berenice Burnett, Erica Forktus, David V. Gioe

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‘A state of almost surreal vice versa’: the devolution referendums in Wales, 1979 and 1997 “一种近乎超现实的反之状态”:1979年和1997年威尔士的权力下放公投

IF 0.7 2区历史学

Contemporary British History Pub Date : 2023-08-18 DOI: 10.1080/13619462.2023.2239157

Leon Gooberman

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Introduction. Diplomatic departures: negotiating Britain’s international outreach in the contemporary world 介绍。外交转向:谈判英国在当代世界的国际拓展

IF 0.7 2区历史学

Contemporary British History Pub Date : 2023-08-14 DOI: 10.1080/13619462.2023.2237308

Lauriane Simony, M. Torrent

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Failing to ‘do a de Gaulle’? The break in Anglo-Algerian relations (1965-1968) and the reassessment of British policy 没能“像戴高乐一样”?英阿关系破裂(1965-1968)和英国政策的重新评估

IF 0.7 2区历史学

Contemporary British History Pub Date : 2023-08-11 DOI: 10.1080/13619462.2023.2237311

M. Torrent

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Entente Cordiale Redux: the impact of Brexit on British and French foreign and security policy 《协定》:英国脱欧对英法外交和安全政策的影响

IF 0.7 2区历史学

Contemporary British History Pub Date : 2023-08-02 DOI: 10.1080/13619462.2023.2237315

A. Hadfield, C. Turner

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Avoiding (unwanted) departures: British diplomacy and Soviet Bloc dissidents during the Cold War 避免(不必要的)离境:冷战期间英国外交和苏联集团异见人士

IF 0.7 2区历史学

Contemporary British History Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1080/13619462.2023.2237313

Bent Boel

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British Culture after Empire: race, decolonisation and migration since 1945 帝国之后的英国文化：1945年以来的种族、非殖民化和移民

IF 0.7 2区历史学

Contemporary British History Pub Date : 2023-07-26 DOI: 10.1080/13619462.2023.2241373

Freddy Foks

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Penguin books and political change: Britain’s meritocratic moment, 1937-1988 企鹅图书与政治变革：1937-1988年英国的精英时代

IF 0.7 2区历史学

Contemporary British History Pub Date : 2023-07-23 DOI: 10.1080/13619462.2023.2238636

Emily Robinson

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The British Council and British cultural diplomacy 1934-1959: a new form of diplomacy? 英国文化协会与英国文化外交1934-1959:一种新的外交形式?

IF 0.7 2区历史学

Contemporary British History Pub Date : 2023-07-21 DOI: 10.1080/13619462.2023.2237309

Alice Byrne

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The politicisation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) in the British domestic debate on Brexit: a challenge to EU-UK foreign and security cooperation 英国国内脱欧辩论中共同外交与安全政策的政治化：对欧盟-英国外交与安全合作的挑战

IF 0.7 2区历史学

Contemporary British History Pub Date : 2023-07-19 DOI: 10.1080/13619462.2023.2237316

Thibaud Harrois

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