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10 de nov. de 2017 · Sandys’ involvement with decolonisation, at times highly interventionist, was most remarkable for its continuity once he had left office in 1964, the former minister waging a series of campaigns on colonial and Commonwealth issues from the backbenches in the later 1960s. These form the subject of the remaining chapters of this book.
THE IMPACT OF DUNCAN SANDYS: 1957-62 143 efficient use of manpower should follow the end of National Service, and Sandys contended that if the army could reach 180,000 by voluntary recruitment, the forces available for extra-European operations would fall by only 5,000-10,000 below the 1957 strength of 75,000.
Duncan Sandys took up his appointment on 13 January 1957 having been specifically instructed to secure ‘a substantial reduction in expenditure and manpower’ in the armed forces, and having been granted much more formidable powers than any previous Minister of Defence. Eleven weeks of furious activity followed during which many toes were ...
In 1935 Duncan-Sandys was elected as a Conservative MP and married Diana Bailey, eldest daughter of Sir Winston Churchill. During World War II he saw active service until 1941 when he was involved in a serious car crash. He resumed his political career in the Coalition Government, amidst some claims of nepotism.
Date: 1961 From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988] Reference: B-137-443 Description: Cartoon shows Prime Minister Keith Holyoake with the Minister of Overseas Trade John Marshall, who is commenting to Holyoake as the British politician Duncan Sandys walks into the office in a Tyrolean outfit.
This book offers new perspectives on British nuclear policy-making at the height of the Cold War, arguing that the decisions taken by the British government during the 1950s and 1960s in pursuit of its nuclear ambitions cannot be properly understood without close reference to Duncan Sandys, and in particular the policy preferences that emerged from his experiences of the Second World War and ...
The 2019 3D Journeys "Magic of Morocco" lecture series presents Duncan Sandys, the great grandson of Winston Churchill. His topic: "Churchill and Morocco."
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