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The New Mandarins: How British Foreign Policy Works
by John Dickie
Product Group: Book
Publisher: I B Tauris & Co Ltd (2004-05-28)
ISBN: 1860649785
EAN: 9781860649783
Dewy Decimal #: 327
Hardcover: 256 pages
SKU: B359-1265
Condition: New
Comments: New & Shrinkwrapped. In stock - Immediate despatch from an efficient and professional leading British bookselling firm.
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Insightful and a very interesting publisher
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-06-20
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
As a person interested in British History, this book is an excellent source in order to know more about British Foreign Policy. Although it covers mostly from the latest years of the 20th century, you can grasp the mechanics of this affairs in Britain and the high standards developed by the Foreign Office. Is admirable how Britain conduct is foreign policy, from the selection of the new mandarins to a decision of being involved in International events, all of them to assure Britain interest in the world, spanning several countries in all the continents, including Africa. The book also deals with those groups seeking influence on foreign policy, such as the enviromentalist or Human Right groups, and also dedicate a chapter to the media, the Fourth Estate as it is called by the author, and its relation with the people taking decisions at this level. To this regard, the work made by the BBC is impressive, updating the world in the current affairs of almost all the countries in the world: for instance, someone just have to watch BBC World news to know more about the current situation in Africa.
Reading this pages, it is also clear that Latin America is not very important issue in Britain International Agenda, since there are no historical ties that can unite us. Is my opinion though, that my country should have the initiative and approach Britain in order to have a more fruitful relation between countries, since we have a lot of stuff to learn from them, particularly in education matters, technology, language and commerce -- but those are just words
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