This work assesses British policy in those 100 years when Britain's international position diminished from the only global power to a regional European state.

Chapter 1 Power and Stability in British Foreign Policy, 1865-1965, Erik Goldstein, B.J.C. McKercher; Chapter 2 British Power and Stability: The Historical Record, Zara Steiner; Chapter 3 Power, Sovereignty, and the Great Republic: Anglo-American Diplomatic Relations in the Era of the Civil War, Brian Holden Reid; Chapter 4 'Almost a Law of Nature'? Sir Edward Grey, the Foreign Office, and the Balance of Power in Europe, 1905-12, T.G. Otte; Chapter 5 'Après la Guerre finit, Soldat anglais Part it...': Anglo-French Relations 1918-25, Alan Sharp, Keith Jeffery; Chapter 6 'Far Too Dangerous a Gamble'? British Intelligence and Policy during the Chanak Crisis, September- October 1922, John R. Ferris; Chapter 7 The British Official Mind and the Lausanne Conference, 1922-23, Erik Goldstein; Chapter 8 Austen Chamberlain and the Continental Balance of Power: Strategy, Stability, and the League of Nations, 1924-29, B.J.C. McKercher; Chapter 9 The British Government and the Sale of Arms to the Lesser European Powers, 1936-39, Glyn Stone; Chapter 10 Invading Europe: The British Army and its Preparations for the Normandy Campaign, 1942-, David French; Chapter 11 Killing the MLF? The Wilson Government and Nuclear Sharing in Europe, 1964-66, John W. Young;