The Almost Impossible Ally: Harold Macmillan and Charles de Gaulle [Hardcover]

Peter Mangold (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 21, 2006 | ISBN-10: 1850438005 | ISBN-13: 978-1850438007

In 1963, General de Gaulle (described by the Foreign Office as Prime Minister Macmillan's "almost impossible ally") aggressively vetoed Britain's first bid to join the Common Market. It was a blow that delayed Britain's entry for a decade and hastened the end of Harold Macmillan's political career. Peter Mangold explores the complex issues that bound the two men in the post-war world, from decolonization to co-operation in the Cold War, and the character traits that separated them in this fascinating portrait of an Anglo-French friendship that turned sour.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Macmillan and de Gaulle is ...superb..It is witty and well written, thoroughly researched without being too academic, and it brings out the comical as well as the dramatic relationship between the two statesmen." --Wm. Roger Louis, Professor of British History, University of Texas at Austin

 

"this study is as much an examination of Anglo-French relations as it is one of these two men" --Contemporary Review

 

About the Author

Peter Mangold is a journalist and author and a Senior Associate Member of St Antony's College, Oxford.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris (February 21, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1850438005
• ISBN-13: 978-1850438007
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,015,095 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)