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Malcolm MacDonald : bringing an end to empire, Clyde Sanger

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"Malcolm MacDonald (1901-1981) played a central role in the decolonization of the British Empire. In this first biography of a highly unusual public figure, Clyde Sanger gives a full account of MacDonald's working life, from early successes in Ireland to a crashing failure over Palestine, and his eclectic private life." "As colonial secretary MacDonald moved colonial policy from a laissez-faire attitude to a developmental view, creating the first aid program, the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund. His last Cabinet post was as health minister during the London blitz, where he worked with Winston Churchill. Sent to Canada as British high commissioner MacDonald became MacKenzie King's confidant during the conscription crisis, the Gouzenko spy revelations, and the American "occupation" when the Alaska Highway was being built. His greatest work was done during his fourteen years in Asia, most notably in preparing Malaya's different racial groups for independence and mending fences between India and Britain after the Suez invasion of 1956. MacDonald's skill as a negotiator came from a combination of hard work, patience, and a great sense of fun and humanity. Walking on his hands around Nehru, swapping bird-watching tales with de Valera, discussing Chinese ceramics with Marshal Chen Yi, or playing nursery games with Jomo Kenyatta or the Iban head-hunter family who adopted him, he charmed his way to a remarkable series of diplomatic successes."--Jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xxi, 498 pages)
Contents
  • Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Illustrations -- PROLOGUE -- 1 Out of Africa, Amiably, December 1963 -- EARLY YEARS -- 2 The Family in Lossiemouth -- 3 Margaret's Short, Crowded Life, 1870-1912 -- 4 Schooldays at Bedales, 1912-1920 -- 5 Oxford Years, 1920-1924 -- 6 Three Travelling Tongues, 1924-1925 -- 7 Authors and Antilopes, 1925-1929 -- PARLIAMENTARY YEARS -- 8 Bassetlaw and Five Elections, 1923-1935 -- 9 Learning under Ramsay, 1929-1935 -- 10 Palestine: Under Weizmann's Charm, 1922-1936
  • 1 Ross and Cromarty and the Churchills, -- 12 -- Bringing Peace to Ireland, 1935-1938 -- 13 The Abdication and Dominion Crises, 1936-1938 -- 14 Bereavement and Appeasement, 1937-1938 -- 15 Moyne, Hailey, and a New View on Colonies, 1935-1940 -- 16 Palestine: The Split over Partition, 1938-1940 -- 17 In Search of Beauty -- 18 London under Attack -- 19 The Submarine War and Ireland, 1940-1941 -- CANADA -- 20 Ottawa, 1941 -- 21 Mackenzie King and the Conscription Crises, 1942-1944 -- 22 Balancing the Triangle, 1941-1943
  • 23 Twists over Tube Alloys, 1942-1946 -- 24 Birds and Other Pursuits, 1941-1945 -- 25 Love on the Ski Slopes, 1946 -- ASIA -- 26 Malaya: Salvaging a Federation, 1946-1948 -- 27 Old Attitudes and Closed Clubs, 1947-1954 -- 28 The Malayan Emergency, 1948-1953 -- 29 Building Trust between Communities, 1948-1951 -- 30 Fast Friends -- 31 Borneo People, 1946-1956 -- 32 Brunei and Singapore, 1946-1955 -- 33 The Colombo Plan and Vietnam, 1948-1954 -- 34 Siam, Sihanouk, Sukarno, and Seminars, 1948-1955 -- 35 India: Picking Up the Pieces after Suez,1955-1960
  • 36 Leading Laos to Neutrality, 1961-1962 -- AFRICA AND LATER YEARS -- 37 Kenya: Preparing for Uhuru, 1963-1964 -- 38 Rhodesia, South Africa, and Nigeria, 1965-1974 -- 39 Bridges to China, 1962-1975 -- 40 Years of Retirement, 1969-1981 -- 41 An Assessment: Man and Diplomat
Isbn
9780773565395
Instance
Label
Malcolm MacDonald : bringing an end to empire
Title
Malcolm MacDonald
Title remainder
bringing an end to empire
Statement of responsibility
Clyde Sanger
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Malcolm MacDonald (1901-1981) played a central role in the decolonization of the British Empire. In this first biography of a highly unusual public figure, Clyde Sanger gives a full account of MacDonald's working life, from early successes in Ireland to a crashing failure over Palestine, and his eclectic private life." "As colonial secretary MacDonald moved colonial policy from a laissez-faire attitude to a developmental view, creating the first aid program, the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund. His last Cabinet post was as health minister during the London blitz, where he worked with Winston Churchill. Sent to Canada as British high commissioner MacDonald became MacKenzie King's confidant during the conscription crisis, the Gouzenko spy revelations, and the American "occupation" when the Alaska Highway was being built. His greatest work was done during his fourteen years in Asia, most notably in preparing Malaya's different racial groups for independence and mending fences between India and Britain after the Suez invasion of 1956. MacDonald's skill as a negotiator came from a combination of hard work, patience, and a great sense of fun and humanity. Walking on his hands around Nehru, swapping bird-watching tales with de Valera, discussing Chinese ceramics with Marshal Chen Yi, or playing nursery games with Jomo Kenyatta or the Iban head-hunter family who adopted him, he charmed his way to a remarkable series of diplomatic successes."--Jacket
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Cataloging source
SFB
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Sanger, Clyde
Dewey number
941.082/092
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • portraits
Index
index present
Language note
English
LC call number
DA822.M3
LC item number
S36 1995eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • MacDonald, Malcolm
  • Diplomats
  • Commonwealth countries
  • Great Britain
  • Great Britain
  • MacDonald, Malcolm
  • MacDonald, Malcolm
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
  • HISTORY
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE
  • British colonies
  • Diplomats
  • Politics and government
  • Commonwealth countries
  • Great Britain
  • Autobiografie
  • Entkolonialisierung
  • Erlebnisbericht
  • Großbritannien
  • Geschichte 1945-1995
Label
Malcolm MacDonald : bringing an end to empire, Clyde Sanger
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Illustrations -- PROLOGUE -- 1 Out of Africa, Amiably, December 1963 -- EARLY YEARS -- 2 The Family in Lossiemouth -- 3 Margaret's Short, Crowded Life, 1870-1912 -- 4 Schooldays at Bedales, 1912-1920 -- 5 Oxford Years, 1920-1924 -- 6 Three Travelling Tongues, 1924-1925 -- 7 Authors and Antilopes, 1925-1929 -- PARLIAMENTARY YEARS -- 8 Bassetlaw and Five Elections, 1923-1935 -- 9 Learning under Ramsay, 1929-1935 -- 10 Palestine: Under Weizmann's Charm, 1922-1936
  • 1 Ross and Cromarty and the Churchills, -- 12 -- Bringing Peace to Ireland, 1935-1938 -- 13 The Abdication and Dominion Crises, 1936-1938 -- 14 Bereavement and Appeasement, 1937-1938 -- 15 Moyne, Hailey, and a New View on Colonies, 1935-1940 -- 16 Palestine: The Split over Partition, 1938-1940 -- 17 In Search of Beauty -- 18 London under Attack -- 19 The Submarine War and Ireland, 1940-1941 -- CANADA -- 20 Ottawa, 1941 -- 21 Mackenzie King and the Conscription Crises, 1942-1944 -- 22 Balancing the Triangle, 1941-1943
  • 23 Twists over Tube Alloys, 1942-1946 -- 24 Birds and Other Pursuits, 1941-1945 -- 25 Love on the Ski Slopes, 1946 -- ASIA -- 26 Malaya: Salvaging a Federation, 1946-1948 -- 27 Old Attitudes and Closed Clubs, 1947-1954 -- 28 The Malayan Emergency, 1948-1953 -- 29 Building Trust between Communities, 1948-1951 -- 30 Fast Friends -- 31 Borneo People, 1946-1956 -- 32 Brunei and Singapore, 1946-1955 -- 33 The Colombo Plan and Vietnam, 1948-1954 -- 34 Siam, Sihanouk, Sukarno, and Seminars, 1948-1955 -- 35 India: Picking Up the Pieces after Suez,1955-1960
  • 36 Leading Laos to Neutrality, 1961-1962 -- AFRICA AND LATER YEARS -- 37 Kenya: Preparing for Uhuru, 1963-1964 -- 38 Rhodesia, South Africa, and Nigeria, 1965-1974 -- 39 Bridges to China, 1962-1975 -- 40 Years of Retirement, 1969-1981 -- 41 An Assessment: Man and Diplomat
Control code
243600670
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xxi, 498 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780773565395
Lccn
96132147
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
22573/ctt6vhb5
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)243600670
Label
Malcolm MacDonald : bringing an end to empire, Clyde Sanger
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Illustrations -- PROLOGUE -- 1 Out of Africa, Amiably, December 1963 -- EARLY YEARS -- 2 The Family in Lossiemouth -- 3 Margaret's Short, Crowded Life, 1870-1912 -- 4 Schooldays at Bedales, 1912-1920 -- 5 Oxford Years, 1920-1924 -- 6 Three Travelling Tongues, 1924-1925 -- 7 Authors and Antilopes, 1925-1929 -- PARLIAMENTARY YEARS -- 8 Bassetlaw and Five Elections, 1923-1935 -- 9 Learning under Ramsay, 1929-1935 -- 10 Palestine: Under Weizmann's Charm, 1922-1936
  • 1 Ross and Cromarty and the Churchills, -- 12 -- Bringing Peace to Ireland, 1935-1938 -- 13 The Abdication and Dominion Crises, 1936-1938 -- 14 Bereavement and Appeasement, 1937-1938 -- 15 Moyne, Hailey, and a New View on Colonies, 1935-1940 -- 16 Palestine: The Split over Partition, 1938-1940 -- 17 In Search of Beauty -- 18 London under Attack -- 19 The Submarine War and Ireland, 1940-1941 -- CANADA -- 20 Ottawa, 1941 -- 21 Mackenzie King and the Conscription Crises, 1942-1944 -- 22 Balancing the Triangle, 1941-1943
  • 23 Twists over Tube Alloys, 1942-1946 -- 24 Birds and Other Pursuits, 1941-1945 -- 25 Love on the Ski Slopes, 1946 -- ASIA -- 26 Malaya: Salvaging a Federation, 1946-1948 -- 27 Old Attitudes and Closed Clubs, 1947-1954 -- 28 The Malayan Emergency, 1948-1953 -- 29 Building Trust between Communities, 1948-1951 -- 30 Fast Friends -- 31 Borneo People, 1946-1956 -- 32 Brunei and Singapore, 1946-1955 -- 33 The Colombo Plan and Vietnam, 1948-1954 -- 34 Siam, Sihanouk, Sukarno, and Seminars, 1948-1955 -- 35 India: Picking Up the Pieces after Suez,1955-1960
  • 36 Leading Laos to Neutrality, 1961-1962 -- AFRICA AND LATER YEARS -- 37 Kenya: Preparing for Uhuru, 1963-1964 -- 38 Rhodesia, South Africa, and Nigeria, 1965-1974 -- 39 Bridges to China, 1962-1975 -- 40 Years of Retirement, 1969-1981 -- 41 An Assessment: Man and Diplomat
Control code
243600670
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xxi, 498 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780773565395
Lccn
96132147
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
22573/ctt6vhb5
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)243600670

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