The Foreign Secretary

Author : Douglas Hurd
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 0297858513
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Choose Your Weapons written by Douglas Hurd and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noisy popular liberal interventionism? Or a more conservative, diplomatic approach concentrating on co-operation between nations? This is the debate that lies at the heart of modern politics and Hurd traces its most interesting and influential exponents. He starts with Canning and Castelreagh in post Waterloo Britain; to a generation later, the victory of the interventionist Palmerston over Aberdeen; then to Salisbury (Imperialism) and Grey (European balance of power); and finally to Eden and Bevin who combined to lay the foundations of a post-war compromise. That delicate balance has served its purpose for over half a century, but as we enter a new era of terrorism and racial conflict, the old questions and divisions are re-surfacing . . .

Author : Neil Hart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Foreign Secretary written by Neil Hart and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Keith Neilson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134231393
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1854-1946 written by Keith Neilson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-11-19 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chief among the personnel at the Foreign Office is the Permanent Under-secretary, the senior civil servant who oversees the department and advises the Foreign Secretary. This book is a study of the twelve men who held this Office from 1854–1946.

Author : Algernon Cecil
Publisher : Port Washington, N.Y : Kennikat Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Foreign Secretaries, 1807-1916 written by Algernon Cecil and published by Port Washington, N.Y : Kennikat Press. This book was released on 1927 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : T. G. Otte
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139501402
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Foreign Office Mind written by T. G. Otte and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this pioneering approach to the study of international history, T. G. Otte reconstructs the underlying principles, élite perceptions and 'unspoken assumptions' that shaped British foreign policy between the death of Palmerston and the outbreak of the First World War. Grounded in a wide range of public and private archival sources, and drawing on sociological insights, The Foreign Office Mind presents a comprehensive analysis of the foreign service as a 'knowledge-based organization', rooted in the social and educational background of the diplomatic élite and the broader political, social and cultural fabric of Victorian and Edwardian Britain. The book charts how the collective mindset of successive generations of professional diplomats evolved, and reacted to and shaped changes in international relations during the second half of the nineteenth century, including the balance of power and arms races, the origins of appeasement and the causes of the First World War.

Author : Andrew Holt
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317075633
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister written by Andrew Holt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of the Prime Minister in British foreign policy decision-making has long been noted by historians. However, while much attention has been given to high-level contacts between leaders and to the roles played by the premiers themselves, much less is known about the people advising and influencing them. In providing day-to-day assistance to the Prime Minister, a Private Secretary could wield significant influence on policy outcomes. This book examines the activities of those who advised prime ministers from Winston Churchill (1951–55) to Margaret Thatcher during her first administration (1979–83). Each chapter considers British foreign policy and assesses the influence of the specific advisers. For each office holder, particular attention is paid to a number of key themes. Firstly, their relationship with the Prime Minister is considered. A strong personal relationship of trust and respect could lead to an official wielding much greater influence. This could be especially relevant when an adviser served under two different leaders, often from different political parties. It also helps to shed light on the conduct of foreign policy by each premier. Secondly, the attitudes towards the adviser from the Foreign Office are examined. The Foreign Office traditionally enjoyed great autonomy in the making of British foreign policy and was sensitive to encroachments by Downing Street. Finally, each chapter explores the role of the adviser in the key foreign policy events and discussions of the day. Covering a fascinating 30-year period in post-war British political history, this collection broadens our understanding of the subject, and underlines the different ways influence could be brought to bear on government policy.

Author : Avi Shlaim
Publisher : David & Charles
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Foreign Secretaries Since 1945 written by Avi Shlaim and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 1977 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Keith Malcolm Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Foreign Secretaries and Foreign Policy written by Keith Malcolm Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Cameron
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062687859
Total Pages : 1076 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book For the Record written by David Cameron and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 1076 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Cameron was elected Conservative leader in 2005, promising to modernize the party following its three successive electoral defeats. He became Prime Minister in 2010, forming Britain’s first coalition government in 70 years, at a moment of economic crisis, and went on to win the first outright Conservative majority for 23 years at the 2015 general election. In For the Record, he will explain how the governments he led transformed the UK economy while implementing a modern, compassionate agenda that included reforming education and welfare, legalizing gay marriage, honoring the UK’s commitment to overseas aid and spearheading environmental policies. He will shed light on the seminal world events of his premiership—the Arab Spring; the rise of ISIS; the invasion of Ukraine; the conflicts in Libya, Iraq and Syria—as well as events at home, from the Olympic Games in 2012 to the Scottish referendum. He will provide, for the first time, his perspective on the EU referendum and his views on the future of Britain’s place in the world following Brexit. Revealing the battles and achievements of his life and career in intimate and frank detail, For the Record will be an important assessment of the significant political events of the last decade, the nature of power and the role of leadership at a time of profound global change.

Author : Kevin Theakston
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780714656564
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Foreign Secretaries Since 1974 written by Kevin Theakston and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the changing role of the British Foreign Secretary and presents biographical case studies of all the individual holders of that post, the policies they persued and the issues they faced, since 1974. The work of the British Foreign Secretaries from James Callaghan to Robin Cook is examined in the context of the foreign policy-making machinery, the changing environment of British foreign policy, and the internal and external political forces with which they had to contend. Using a biographical case study approach, the chapters examine the careers, personalities, policies and influence of successive Foreign Secretaries to increase our knowledge and understanding of the work of the government, and the development of British foreign policy over the last thirty years. British Foreign Secretaries Since 1974 casts light on the hitherto shadowy and understudied role of personality in international relations and on how ten very different personalities helped to shape the detail and the articulation of British foreign policy.