Harold Macmillan and Britain’s World Role

172 Pages·1996·39.81 MB·English

by  Richard Aldous

HAROLD MACMILLAN AND
BRITAIN'S WORLD ROLE

Harold Mactnillan and
Britain's World Role
Edited by
Richard Aldous
Lecturer in Modem British History
University College Dublin
Sabine Lee
Lecturer in German History
University ofB irmingham
Introduced by
Sir Robert Rhodes James
First published in Great Britain 1996 by
MACMIllAN PRESS LTD
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS
and London
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ISBN 978-1-349-24316-7 ISBN 978-1-349-24314-3 (eBook)
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Harold Macmillan and Britain's world role / edited by Richard Aldous
and Sabine Lee; introduced by Sir Robert RhodesJames.
p. em.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-312-12578-3 (cloth)
1. Macmillan, Harold, 1894-1986. 2. Great Britain-Politics and
government-1945-1964. 3. Great Britain-Foreign relations-1945-
4. World politics-1945- 1. Aldous, Richard. II. Lee, Sabine.
DA566.9.M33H37 1996
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Selection and editorial matter © Richard Aldous and Sabine Lee 1996
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for David Reynolds

Contents
Acknowledgements ix
Notes on the Contributors xi
Foreword by Richard Langhorne xiii
1 Harold Macmillan: An Introduction 1
Robert Rhodes James
2 'A Family Mfair': Macmillan and the Art of
Personal Diplomacy 9
Richard Aldous
3 Macmillan and the Middle East 37
Nigel Ashton
4 Macmillan and British Defence Policy 67
Simon] Ball
5 Macmillan and the End of the British Empire
in Mrica 97
Philip E. Hemming
6 Staying in the Game? Coming into the Game?
Macmillan and European Integration 123
Sabine Lee
7 'Staying in the Game': Harold Macmillan and
Britain's World Role 149
Richard Aldous and Sabine Lee
Index 159
vii

Acknowledgements
The editors would like to thank:
The Centre of International Studies, Cambridge and, in
particular, its former director, Mr Richard Langhorne, for
encouragement and sponsorship of the 1993 conference
'Staying in the Game': Harold Macmillan and Britain's World
Role; St John's College, Cambridge for hosting the confer
ence; Dr Neville Wylie,Junior Research Fellow at New Hall,
Cambridge for his characteristically amusing and efficient
assistance in conference organisation; Mr Tim Farmiloe and
Ms Annabelle Buckley of Macmillan, Mr and Mrs John
Aldous, Miss Kathryn McKeggie and Dr Han Lee for their
continual support; and finally, Dr David ReynOlds of Christ's
College, Cambridge. His intellectual rigour, good humour
during 'little local difficulties' and the willingness to take
his students seriously has been an inspiration to all the
young historians contributing to this volume. It is to him
that this book is dedicated with our gratitude and respect.
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