Andrew Holt
Historian of 20th-century British foreign policy
Books
Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister: Foreign Affairs from Churchill to Thatcher (ed. with Warren Dockter)
Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister: Foreign Affairs from Churchill to Thatcher (ed. with Warren Dockter)
The importance of the Prime Minister in British foreign policy decision-making has long been noted by historians. However, while much attention has been given
The Foreign Policy of the Douglas-Home Government: Britain, the United States and the End of Empire
The Foreign Policy of the Douglas-Home Government: Britain, the United States and the End of Empire
This book provides an important study of a short-lived government making foreign policy in the shadow of an impending general election. It considers Britain's relations with the United States, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
Journal articles
‘No more Hoares to Paris’: British foreign policymaking and the Abyssinian Crisis, 1935
‘No more Hoares to Paris’: British foreign policymaking and the Abyssinian Crisis, 1935
‘No more Hoares to Paris’: British foreign policymaking and the Abyssinian Crisis, 1935 - Volume 37 Issue 3
Lord Home and Anglo–American Relations, 1961–1963
Lord Home and Anglo–American Relations, 1961–1963
This article focuses on the role of Lord Home, the British Foreign Secretary, in the conduct of Anglo–American relations between 1961 and 1963. It studies three controversial policy areas: the newl...
Book chapters and sections
Kinross & Western Perthshire [By-Election], 1963
Kinross & Western Perthshire [By-Election], 1963
Sir Alec Douglas-Home [as Prime Minister]
Sir Alec Douglas-Home [as Prime Minister]
**Winner of the 2020 PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDS for Best Political Book by a Non-Parliamentarian** A Times Political Book of the Year 'An entertaining, ...
Alec Douglas-Home [on Europe]
Alec Douglas-Home [on Europe]
Oliver Wright [as Foreign Affairs Private Secretary to the Prime Minister]
Oliver Wright [as Foreign Affairs Private Secretary to the Prime Minister]
Sir Oliver Wright had a long and distinguished diplomatic career. Spanning five decades, it reached its pinnacle with his appointment to the post of Ambassador
Christine Keeler and Stephen Ward: The scandal that rocked the early 1960s
Christine Keeler and Stephen Ward: The scandal that rocked the early 1960s
The way we communicate has changed. Today, many of our interactions are digital, but until recently writing letters was the norm. Drawing from over 100 miles of…
Operation Mincemeat: How a dead body deceived the Axis in the Second World War
Operation Mincemeat: How a dead body deceived the Axis in the Second World War
The way we communicate has changed. Today, many of our interactions are digital, but until recently writing letters was the norm. Drawing from over 100 miles of…
Alec Douglas-Home [as Conservative Leader]
Alec Douglas-Home [as Conservative Leader]
Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Lyndon Johnson and Anglo-American Relations, 1963-64
Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Lyndon Johnson and Anglo-American Relations, 1963-64
The 1960s-70s fractured the transatlantic alliance with rivalry, yet this crisis also sparked renewal. Drawing on declassified files, this book reveals the domestic and economic forces that redefined US-European relations.
Book reviews
Review of Diplomacy at the Brink: Eisenhower, Churchill, and Eden in the Cold War by David M. Watry
Review of Diplomacy at the Brink: Eisenhower, Churchill, and Eden in the Cold War by David M. Watry
Review of The Embassy in Grosvenor Square: American Ambassadors to the United Kingdom, 1938–2008 by Alison R. Holmes and J. Simon Rofe (eds)
Review of The Embassy in Grosvenor Square: American Ambassadors to the United Kingdom, 1938–2008 by Alison R. Holmes and J. Simon Rofe (eds)
Review of Getting Out: Historical Perspectives on Leaving Iraq by Michael Walzer and Nicolaus Mills (eds)
Review of Getting Out: Historical Perspectives on Leaving Iraq by Michael Walzer and Nicolaus Mills (eds)
Blog posts
HMS Resolution and Britain’s first maritime nuclear deterrent
HMS Resolution and Britain’s first maritime nuclear deterrent
This Page is [ARCHIVED CONTENT] and shows what the site page https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/hms-resolution-britains-first-maritime-nuclear-deterrent/ looked like on 13 Jun 2025 at 00:00:00
Jeremy Thorpe’s resignation and its aftermath
Jeremy Thorpe’s resignation and its aftermath
This Page is [ARCHIVED CONTENT] and shows what the site page https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/jeremy-thorpes-resignation-aftermath/ looked like on 13 Jun 2025 at 00:00:00
The ‘Robin Jackman affair’: apartheid and international cricket
The ‘Robin Jackman affair’: apartheid and international cricket
This Page is [ARCHIVED CONTENT] and shows what the site page https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/robin-jackman-affair-apartheid-international-cricket/ looked like on 13 Jun 2025 at 00:00:00
Southern Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI)
Southern Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI)
This Page is [ARCHIVED CONTENT] and shows what the site page https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/southern-rhodesias-unilateral-declaration-independence-udi/ looked like on 13 Jun 2025 at 00:00:00
Burgess and Maclean: Revelations
Burgess and Maclean: Revelations
This Page is [ARCHIVED CONTENT] and shows what the site page https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/burgess-maclean-revelations/ looked like on 13 Jun 2025 at 00:00:00
The atomic bombing of Hiroshima
The atomic bombing of Hiroshima
Nuclear Weapons and the 50th Anniversary of the 1964 General Election
Nuclear Weapons and the 50th Anniversary of the 1964 General Election
British Foreign Policy in the Shadow of a General Election: The Douglas-Home Government
British Foreign Policy in the Shadow of a General Election: The Douglas-Home Government
Margaret Thatcher and the Cold War
Margaret Thatcher and the Cold War
Book Review: Defending the Realm? The Politics of Britain’s Small Wars Since 1945 by Aaron Edwards
Book Review: Defending the Realm? The Politics of Britain’s Small Wars Since 1945 by Aaron Edwards
Book Review: A Special Relationship? British Foreign Policy in the Era of American Hegemony by Simon Tate
Book Review: A Special Relationship? British Foreign Policy in the Era of American Hegemony by Simon Tate
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