Preface to The Nordic Countries: From War to Cold War, 1944-1951

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This article is based on the preface to the DBPO volume. It describes some of the background to the events which are illustrated by the documents included in the volume. The end of the Second World War brought hopes of building a new society in Europe. These documents reveal the nature of Foreign Office concerns about the range of problems, both multilateral and bilateral, which still remained to be resolved in the Nordic area, and describe the evolution of policies to deal with them. In particular, they describe the means by which Britain attempted to encourage Scandinavian countries away from their support for neutrality and, by enlisting American support, began the process which led to the signature of the Atlantic Treaty in 1949.View full textDownload full textKeywordsGreat Britain, United States, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Cold War, NATO, IRD, foreign policy, security, tradeRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03468755.2012.666643