Douglas Hurd retired as Foreign Secretary in 1995 after a distinguished career in Government spanning 16 years. As Secretary of State for Ireland, Home Secretary and then six years in the Foreign Office in Margaret Thatcher and John Major's administrations, he was at the very heart of modern political decision-making. Earlier he had run Edward Heath's private office from 1968 to 1970 and acted as his Political Secretary when Heath was Prime Minister (1970-74). This, then, is the political memoir of a man who has been at the heart of government for a generation. A Life Peer since 1997, Hurd continues to write political novels and works in the City as Chairman of the Advisory Committee of Hawkpoint Partners.
(source: Bol.com)
Author(s): Douglas Hurd
Publisher: Little, Brown
Year: 2003
Language: English
Commentary: OCR (Clearscan), Bookmarked
Pages: 534
City: London
Tags: Biography, Hurd, Douglas, Conservative Party, Cabinet officers, Great Britain
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Also by Douglas Hurd
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ISBN 0-316-86147-2
CONTENTS
PROLOGUE
PART I GROWING UP
1 A COUNTRY CHILDHOOD
RAINSCOMBE FARM
TWYFORD
2 ETON
3 THE ARMY
4 CAMBRIDGE
PART II DIPLOMACY
5 LONDON
THE FOREIGN OFFIC£
6 PEKING
PHOTOS
THREE CHINESE PENDANTS
I
II
III
7 NEW YORK
8 LONDON
9 ROME
PART III BACKROOM POLITICS
10 CONSERVATIVE RESEARCH DEPARTMENT
11 NUMBER TEN
PART IV OPPOSITION
12 BACKBENCHER
13 SHADOW MINISTER
PART V JUNIOR MINISTER
14 THE FOREIGN OFFICE
PHOTOS
15 THE HOME OFFICE
PART VI THE CABINET
16 NORTHERN IRELAND
17 HOME SECRETARY
18 CRIME
19 THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY
20 SUMMER HOLIDAYS
PART VII FOREIGN AFFAIRS
21 GERMANY AND THE END OF THE COLD WAR
22 DESERT SHIELD
23 THE DEPARTURE OF MARGARET THATCHER AND A LEADERSHIP CONTEST
PHOTOS
24 DESERT STORM, A NEW PRIME MINISTER AND EUROPE
25 CROATIA AND BOSNIA
26 HONG KONG
27 THE WIDER WORLD
28 CLOSE OF A CAREER
ENVOI
INDEX
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BACK COVER
