1st Edition
Diplomacy, Roger Makins and the Anglo-American Relationship
By Richard Wevill
Copyright 2014
210 Pages
by
Routledge
210 Pages
by
Routledge
210 Pages
by
Routledge
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The history of Britain after the Second World War is essentially the story of her loss of great power status. Writers discussing this decline often focus on those sources of power which are tangible and capable of measurement: the size of a country’s armed forces, her Gross Domestic Product, or her energy reserves. But there are other real sources of power which are not so easily measured. The... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Formative Years; Chapter 2 War and Diplomacy; Chapter 3 Washington and Atomic Energy; Chapter 4 The Whitehall Elite; Chapter 5 The Ambassador and the Foreign Office; Chapter 6 The Treasury Years; Chapter 7 Atomic Energy Authority and ‘Retirement’; Chapter 101 Conclusion;
Biography
Richard Wevill turned to the study of history after a successful career in investment banking. Richard gained his PhD from the University of Exeter where he is currently a Research Fellow. Richard is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is the author of Britain and America after World War II: Bilateral Relations and the Beginnings of the Cold War (2012). He is currently working on his next book which is concerned with the role of the Treasury and Treasury officials in Anglo-American relations 1945-1960.
