The importance of the Prime Minister in British foreign policy decision-making has long been accepted by historians. However, whilst 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, the 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).…mehr
The importance of the Prime Minister in British foreign policy decision-making has long been accepted by historians. However, whilst 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, the 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).Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Andrew Holt taught at the University of Nottingham, King's College London and the University of Exeter, and held a visiting fellowship at Churchill College, Cambridge, before joining the Civil Service. He is the author of The Foreign Policy of the Douglas-Home Government: Britain, the United States and the End of Empire (2014). Warren Dockter is a Lecturer in International Politics at Aberystwyth University, having previously been a Junior Research Fellow at Clare Hall, Cambridge. He is the author of Winston Churchill and the Islamic World: Orientalism, Empire and Diplomacy in the Middle East (2015) and edited Churchill at the Telegraph (2015).
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Introduction Charles Powell 1. Managing a Giant: Jock Colville and Winston Churchill Warren Dockter 2. Advising the Un-advisable: The Number 10 Private Office and the Suez Crisis Kevin Ruane 3. Philip de Zulueta Peter Catterall 4. Oliver Wright Andrew Holt 5. Michael Palliser John W. Young 6. 'Sound and Comfortable Men': Peter Moon, Lord Bridges and Britain's Entry into the EEC Nick Thomas 7. Patrick Wright and Bryan Cartledge John Shepherd 8. Margaret Thatcher's Private Secretaries for Foreign Affairs, 1979-1984 Aaron Donaghy Conclusion: The Prime Minister's Private Office from John Martin to Chris Martin Anthony Sheldon Appendices Appendix I: Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister with responsibility for foreign affairs, 1945-2015 Appendix II: Principal Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister, 1945-2015
Introduction Charles Powell 1. Managing a Giant: Jock Colville and Winston Churchill Warren Dockter 2. Advising the Un-advisable: The Number 10 Private Office and the Suez Crisis Kevin Ruane 3. Philip de Zulueta Peter Catterall 4. Oliver Wright Andrew Holt 5. Michael Palliser John W. Young 6. 'Sound and Comfortable Men': Peter Moon, Lord Bridges and Britain's Entry into the EEC Nick Thomas 7. Patrick Wright and Bryan Cartledge John Shepherd 8. Margaret Thatcher's Private Secretaries for Foreign Affairs, 1979-1984 Aaron Donaghy Conclusion: The Prime Minister's Private Office from John Martin to Chris Martin Anthony Sheldon Appendices Appendix I: Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister with responsibility for foreign affairs, 1945-2015 Appendix II: Principal Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister, 1945-2015
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