01181nam a2200193 a 450000500170000000800410001702000230005804100080008108200190008910000190010824500870012726000340021430000190024850400100026752005690027794200080084699900190085495201140087320260306120751.0260304s2026##################000#0#eng##  a9781850438007qhbk  aeng04a327.41044bMAN  aMangold, Peter10aThe Almost Impossible Ally: Harold MacMillan and Charles de Gaullec/Peter Mangold  bI. B. Tauris & Companyc2006.  a275p,:c20 cm.  aindex  aIn 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.  cREF  c616933d616933  00104070aACLbACLc3Bd2026-03-04l0o327.41044 MANp439426r2026-03-04 17:37:25v4764.00w2026-03-04yREF