1. Bernard Porter, The Lion’s Share: A Short History of British Imperialism, 1850–1983 ( London: Longman, 1984 ), p. 1.
2. Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy ( London: Simon & Schuster, 1994 ), pp. 597–8.
3. Robert Holland, The Pursuit of Greatness: Britain and the World Role, 1900–1970 ( London: Fontana, 1991 ), p. 279.
4. Quoted in Philip Darby, British Defence Policy East of Suez, 1948–1968 ( Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1973 ), p. 284.
5. John Baylis, British Defence Policy: Striking the Right Balance ( London: Macmillan — now Palgrave, 1989 ), p. 33.