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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?'
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Book Title: Harold Macmillan and Britain’s World Role
Editors: Richard Aldous, Sabine Lee
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24314-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1996
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-63053-2Published: 22 November 1995
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-24316-7Published: 01 January 1996
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-24314-3Published: 09 January 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 161
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, Political Science, International Relations