British Foreign Secretaries Since 1974

ISBN-13: 9780714656564 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 296 str.

Kevin Theakston

Opis

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.

Spis treści

1. The Changing Role of the British Foreign Secretary Kevin Theakston 2. James Callaghan, 1974-76 David Allen 3. Anthony Crosland, 1976-77 Oliver J. Daddow 4. David Owen, 1977-79 Fergus Carr 5. Lord Carrington, 1979-82 Harry Bennett 6. Francis Pym, 1982-83 Marl Stuart 7. Geoffrey Howe, 1983-89 David Seawright 8. John Major, 1989 Damian Thwaites 9. Douglas Hurd, 1989-95 Mark Stuart 10. Malcolm Rifkind, 1995-97 Damian Thwaites 11. Robin Cook, 1997-2001 Rhiannon Vickers 12. British Foreign Secretaries from Callaghan to Cook David Hannay

O autorze

Kevin Theakston