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12 de jun. de 2024 · Under the premierships of Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden and Harold Macmillan he was appointed to a series of increasingly senior posts, including Leader of the House of Lords and Foreign Secretary.
13 de jun. de 2024 · Macmillan was the first Western leader to visit the Soviet Union after World War Two, and was a major supporter of decolonization. It is during his government that many British possessions in Africa and Asia were granted independence.
31 de may. de 2024 · To lend a sense of continuity throughout the book, we are introduced to a rotating cast of characters—such as Barbara Castle, Michael Foot, Harold Macmillan and Keith Joseph—who exemplify different ideas and ideologies, with direct links and parallels between these figures weaving through the three case studies.
24 de may. de 2024 · In 1963, when British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan resigned, the Queen appointed Lord Alec-Douglas-Home over Rab Butler, who was considered to be the favorite, to much controversy.
23 de may. de 2024 · Macmillan's 20 year wait to join the House of Lords. Some digging in the National Archives sheds light on the twenty year gap between Harold Macmillan's resignation as prime minister and his ennoblement as Earl of Stockton.
Macmillan offered the first substantive consideration of a government role in the economy, a consideration that would become important after the Labour victory of 1945 made it clear Conservatives would need to retool their responses to a new electoral and industrial era.
3 de jun. de 2024 · It is, indeed, a constant threat running from the conditionality of Harold Macmillan’s first ill-fated EC application in 1961 right up to present-day debates over the potential shape of ‘Brexit’.
