Britain's quest for a role : a diplomatic memoir from Europe to the UN / David Hannay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hannay, David, 1935-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hannay, David, 1935-.

Hannay, David.

Diplomats--Great Britain--Biography.

Diplomats.

International relations.

Great Britain.

European Union countries.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--20th century.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--European Union countries.

European Union countries--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

United Nations. Security Council.

United Nations.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 316 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris ; New York, NY : Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Contents:

1 Iran 1960-1961 1

2 Afghanistan 1961-1963 13

3 London 1963-1965: Learning the Ropes 27

4 Brussels (European Community) 1965-1970: The Approach March 34

5 Brussels (European Community) 1970-1972: The Accession Negotiations 45

6 Brussels (Commission) 1973-1976: Chef de Cabinet 62

7 London 1977-1979: Oil Diplomacy 86

8 London 1979-1984: The European Budget Battle 96

9 Washington 1984-1985: Company Town 109

10 Brussels (European Community) 1985-1990: At the Heart of Europe 121

11 New York (United Nations) 1990-1995: New World: Order or Disorder? 173

12 British Special Representative for Cyprus 1996-2003: Mission Impossible? 233

13 Member of the UN Secretary-General's High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change 2003-2005: Reforming the UN 249

14 The House of Lords and Other Things 1995-2011: Coda 263

15 The Quest for a Role 277

16 Envoi 299.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781780760568

1780760566

OCLC:

816558077