Britain'S 'Mr X' : Sir Frank Roberts and the Making of British Foreign Policy, 1930-68 (Key Studies in Diplomacy)

Colman, Jonathan

Manchester University Press（2025/04発売）

Manchester University Press（2025/04発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 248 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781526180964
• DDC分類 327.410092

Full Description

Over four decades as a diplomat, Sir Frank Roberts dealt with headline issues, including policy towards Germany during the years of appeasement, the Second World War alliance with the Soviet Union, the origins of the Cold War, NATO affairs, the Berlin and Cuban Missile Crises, European integration, and relations with the Federal Republic of Germany. Collaborating with the renowned American diplomat, George F. Kennan (the cryptonymous author 'X' of an influential 1947 article), his despatches from Moscow in 1946 shaped Britain's Cold War strategy. In 1954 he played an integral part in the diplomacy behind the rearmament of the Federal Republic and her incorporation into NATO, helping to build an enduring structure of transatlantic security. Roberts' career sheds new light on British foreign policy across an era in which Britain slipped from global pre-eminence to regional power status.

Contents

Introduction: Britain's 'Mr X'
Prelude
1. Approaching war, 1930-39
2. The 'Ancient Alliance': Portugal, 1943
3. Upholding allied unity: The Polish question, 1941-45
4. The beginning of the Cold War: Moscow, 1945-47
5. Negotiating with Stalin and Molotov: Principal Private Secretary to Bevin, 1947-49
6. 'Great power' in the Foreign Office: German affairs, 1951-54
7. Contending with Tito: Belgrade, 1954-57
8. Defending British defence policy: The NATO Atlantic Council, 1957-60
9. Two crises in Moscow, 1960-62
10. Between vetoes: Bonn, 1963-68
Conclusion: Britain's 'Mr X'