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9780230522169

The Washington Embassy British Ambassadors to the United States, 1939-77

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  • ISBN13:

    9780230522169

  • ISBN10:

    0230522165

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-06-15
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

This book is the first study of the role of British Ambassadors in shaping Anglo-American relations during the first generation of the #x18;special relationship#x19;. As well as showing how ambassadors wielded influence in Washington and helped to formulate British foreign policy, it offers insights into the role of the embassy in modern diplomacy.

Author Biography

MICHAEL F. HOPKINS  is Lecturer in History at the University of Liverpool and the author of Oliver Franks and the Truman Administration: Anglo-American Relations 1948-52.

SAUL KELLY  is Reader in the Defence Studies Department of Kings College London and the author of The Hunt for Zerzura: the lost oasis and the desert war.

JOHN W. YOUNG  is Professor of International History at the University of Nottingham and author of Twentieth Century Diplomacy: a study in British practice, 1963-76.

Table of Contents

List of Contributorsp. vii
Introductionp. 1
Lord Lothian, 1939-40p. 14
Lord Halifax, 1941-46p. 33
Lord Inverchapel, 1946-48p. 52
Oliver Franks, 1948-52p. 71
Roger Makins, 1953-56p. 91
Harold Caccia, 1956-61p. 110
David Ormsby Gore, Lord Harlech, 1961-65p. 130
Patrick Dean, 1965-69p. 150
John Freeman, 1969-71p. 169
Lord Cromer, 1971-74p. 189
Peter Ramsbotham, 1974-77p. 209
Conclusionp. 229
Select Bibliographyp. 235
Indexp. 238
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