Harold Macmillan : aspects of a political life / edited by Richard Aldous, Sabine Lee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aldous, Richard.

Lee, Sabine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Macmillan, Harold, 1894-1986.

Macmillan, Harold.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1945-1964.

Great Britain.

Politics and government.

Prime ministers--Great Britain--Biography.

Prime ministers.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 258 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.

Summary:

Even 35 years after Harold Macmillan's resignation in 1963, opinions are sharply divided over his achievements as a politician and prime minister. This volume contributes to the debate about Macmillan's political role, his successes and his failures by examining key aspects of his political life. Biographers, historians, and contemporaries present facets of Macmillan's life, his political visions, his skills, successes and failures in his personal life as well as in his domestic and foreign policies. With most official papers covering his active political life until his resignation now in the public domain, a more considered judgment about his political party and his governmental activities is possible. Taking account of this newly-available documentary evidence, there is much yet to be written on Harold Macmillan's career, but this collection bears witness to the fact that his was a magnificent life.

Contents:

2 Macmillan: a View from the Foreign Office / Sir Oliver Wright 6

3 The Cost of Myth: Macmillan and the Illusion of the 'Special Relationship' / W. Scott Lucas 16

4 Opportunity Knocks: Macmillan at the Treasury, 1955-7 / Lewis Johnman 32

5 Much Ado about Nothing? Macmillan and Appeasement / N. J. Crowson 59

6 Macmillan and Europe / Richard Lamb 75

7 'Ne pleurez pas, Milord': Macmillan and France from Algiers to Rambouillet / N. Piers Ludlow 95

8 Pragmatism versus Principle? Macmillan and Germany / Sabine Lee 113

9 Perfect Peace? Macmillan and Ireland / Richard Aldous 131

10 Dear Brendan and Master Harold / Charles Lysaght 145

11 Macmillan, the Second World War and the Empire / S. J. Ball 162

12 Macmillan and East of Suez: the Case of Malaysia / John Subritzky 177

13 Macmillan and the Soviet Union / Sir Curtis Keeble 195

14 Macmillan and Nuclear Weapons: the SKYBOLT Affair / Donette Murray 217

15 Managing Transition: Macmillan and the Utility of Anglo-American Relations / Nigel Ashton 242.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0312219067

OCLC:

222563063