The New Mandarins: How British Foreign Policy Works

by John Dickie and John Dickie

Not since Anthony Eden launched the Suez War in 1956 has Britain's foreign policy provoked such intense controversy. Every Government statement throughout the recent Iraq crisis has highlighted the strains of Prime Minister Tony Blair in taking a reluctant country into war. Walking a diplomatic tightrope, he has sought to balance his transatlantic loyalties as a steadfast ally of the United States with his electoral pledge of strengthening Britain's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1860649785
• ISBN13: 9781860649783
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.5"