Kent, John


Dr John Kent  

Department

Position held

Department of International Relations

Reader in International Relations

Centre for International Studies

Experience keywords:

Britain; British foreign policy; British Defence Policy; USA; cold war; diplomatic aspects; international aspects; Middle East; decolonisation; France

Countries and regions to which research relates:

Middle East; France; Britain

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 7167

Publications

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2010

Kent, John (2010) America, the UN and decolonisation cold war conflict in the Congo. Routledge. ISBN 9780415464147

2008

Kent, John (2008) British elites and attitudes to the "other" in cold war Europe. In: Benzoni, Maria Matilde and Frank, Robert and Pizzetti , Silvia Maria, (eds.) Images des peuples et relations internationales de XVI siècle à nos jours. UNICOPLI-Publications de la Sorbonne, Milan, Italy - Paris, France. ISBN 9788840012025

Kent, John (2008) The foreign office and defence of the empire. In: Imperial defence: the old world order 1856-1956. Routledge, London, England, pp. 50-70. ISBN 9780415355957

2005

Kent, John (2005) United States reactions to empire, colonialism, and cold war in black Africa, 1949-1957. Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth history, 33 (2). pp. 195-220. ISSN 0308-6534

Kent, John (2005) British policy and the origins of the cold war. In: Leffler, Melvyn P and Painter, David S, (eds.) The origins of the cold war. Routledge, London, pp. 155-167. ISBN 0415341094

2002

Kent, John (2002) Defending the Middle East: Britain, Egypt and Palestine 1945-48. In: Sella, Emmanuel and Aronson, Shlomo, (eds.) New records, new perspectives: lectures on the Holocaust, the Birth of Israel, and the Contemporary Middle East: published in honor of Emmanuel Sella. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Press, Israel. ISBN 9789655100051

2001

Kent, John (2001) British postwar planning for Europe 1942-45. In: Varsori, Antonio and Calandri, Elena, (eds.) The Failure of Peace in Europe, 1943-1948. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke; New York, pp. 40-48. ISBN 9780333723388

1999

Kent, John (1999) Informal empire and the defence of the Middle East 1945-1956. In: Bridges, Roy, (ed.) Imperialism and decolonization in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780333741139

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