01055nam a2200181 a 4500 20260306120751.0 260304s2026##################000#0#eng## 9781850438007 hbk eng 327.41044 MAN Mangold, Peter The Almost Impossible Ally: Harold MacMillan and Charles de Gaulle /Peter Mangold I. B. Tauris & Company 2006. 275p,: 20 cm. index 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. REF 616933 616933 0 0 0 0 ACL ACL 3B 2026-03-04 0 327.41044 MAN 439426 2026-03-04 17:37:25 4764.00 2026-03-04 REF