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Harold Macmillan and Britain’s World Role

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  • © 1996

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  1. Richard Aldous

    1. University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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  2. Sabine Lee

    1. University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Harold Macmillan An Introduction

    • Robert Rhodes James
    Pages 1-7

  3. ‘A Family Affair’: Macmillan and the Art of Personal Diplomacy

    • Richard Aldous
    Pages 9-35

  4. Macmillan and the Middle East

    • Nigel Ashton
    Pages 37-65

  5. Macmillan and British Defence Policy

    • Simon J. Ball
    Pages 67-96

  6. Macmillan and the End of the British Empire in Africa

    • Philip E. Hemming
    Pages 97-121

  7. Staying in the Game? Coming into the Game? Macmillan and European Integration

    • Sabine Lee
    Pages 123-147

  8. ‘Staying in the Game’: Harold Macmillan and Britain’s World Role

    • Richard Aldous, Sabine Lee
    Pages 149-158

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 159-161
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When Harold Macmillan became prime minister in 1957, Britain had reached a critical point in its contemporary history. There was still evidence of Britain's status as a great power, yet the previous year's humiliation at Suez had undermined its credibility. By taking key areas of overseas policy - summitry, the Middle East, defence, Empire, and Europe - this volume looks at Macmillan's attempts to establish a new foreign policy agenda after Suez. Based on research in public and private archives in Britain, America and Germany, Harold Macmillan and Britain's World Role offers a critical reappraisal of British foreign policy between 1957 and 1963, addressing how successfully Macmillan answered his own key question: 'Why should the UK stay in the big game?'

Editors and Affiliations

  • University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Richard Aldous

  • University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

    Sabine Lee

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