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020 _a9781850438007
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041 _aeng
082 0 4 _a327.41044
_bMAN
100 _aMangold, Peter
245 1 0 _aThe Almost Impossible Ally: Harold MacMillan and Charles de Gaulle
_c/Peter Mangold
260 _bI. B. Tauris & Company
_c2006.
300 _a275p,:
_c20 cm.
504 _aindex
520 _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.
942 _cREF
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_d616933