Harold Macmillan Aspects of a Political Life

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Macmillan: a View from the Foreign Office....Pages 6-15
The Cost of Myth: Macmillan and the Illusion of the ‘Special Relationship’....Pages 16-31
Opportunity Knocks: Macmillan at the Treasury, 1955–7....Pages 32-58
Much Ado about Nothing: Macmillan and Appeasement....Pages 59-74
Macmillan and Europe....Pages 75-94
‘Ne pleurez pas, Milord’: Macmillan and France from Algiers to Rambouillet....Pages 95-112
Pragmatism versus Principle? Macmillan and Germany....Pages 113-130
Perfect Peace? Macmillan and Ireland....Pages 131-144
Dear Brendan and Master Harold....Pages 145-161
Macmillan, the Second World War and the Empire....Pages 162-176
Macmillan and East of Suez: The Case of Malaysia....Pages 177-194
Macmillan and the Soviet Union....Pages 195-216
Macmillan and Nuclear Weapons: the SKYBOLT Affair....Pages 217-241
Managing Transition: Macmillan and theUtility of Anglo- American Relations....Pages 242-254
Back Matter....Pages 255-258