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100 _aMeyer, Christopher
_956042
245 _aGetting our way :
_b500 years of adventure and intrigue, the inside story of British diplomacy /
_cChristopher Meyer.
264 _aLondon :
_bWeidenfeld & Nicolson,
_c2009.
300 _a292 p., [16] p. of plates :
_billustrations, photograph (s) ;
_c20 cm.
520 _aWe have no eternal allies and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow' -Lord Palmerston, 1848 This is a highly informed insider's account of some of the 'honest men' as they sought, by fair means or foul, to get Britain its way in the world.
650 _aDiplomatic and consular service, British
_xHistory.
_956043
651 _aGreat Britain
_xForeign relations.
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_cBK
999 _c46415
_d46415