Harold Macmillan

Aspects of a Political Life

By: R. Aldous (Editor), S. Lee (Editor)

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Hardcover | 8 June 1999 | Edition Number 1

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Even 35 years after Harold Macmillan's resignation in 1963, opinions are sharply divided over his achievements as a politician and prime minister. This volume contributes to the debate about Macmillan's political role, his successes and his failures, by examining key aspects of his political life. Biographers, historians, and contemporaries present facets of Macmillan's life, his political visions, his skills, successes and failures in his personal life as well as in his domestic and foreign policies. With most official papers covering his active political life until his resignation now in the public domain, a more considered judgement about his party political and his governmental activities is possible. Taking account of this newly-available documentary evidence, there is much yet to be written on Harold Macmillan's career, but this collection bears witness to the fact that his was a magnificent life.

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'Scholars of the Macmillan years will none the less find a great deal to interest them in this book. If the present view of Macmillan remains, as the editors suggest, that he was 'all style and no substance', there is much here that will serve as a corrective.' - D.J. Dutton, Contemporary British Politcs

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Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Notes on the Contributors	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Macmillan: a View from the Foreign Office	p. 6
The Cost of Myth: Macmillan and the Illusion of the 'Special Relationship'	p. 16
Opportunity Knocks: Macmillan at the Treasury, 1955-7	p. 32
Much Ado about Nothing? Macmillan and Appeasement	p. 59
Macmillan and Europe	p. 75
'Ne pleurez pas, Milord': Macmillan and France from Algiers to Rambouillet	p. 95
Pragmatism versus Principle? Macmillan and Germany	p. 113
Perfect Peace? Macmillan and Ireland	p. 131
Dear Brendan and Master Harold	p. 145
Macmillan, the Second World War and the Empire	p. 162
Macmillan and East of Suez: the Case of Malaysia	p. 177
Macmillan and the Soviet Union	p. 195
Macmillan and Nuclear Weapons: the SKYBOLT Affair	p. 217
Managing Transition: Macmillan and the Utility of Anglo-American Relations	p. 242
Index	p. 255
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