The Search For Peace: A Century of Peace Diplomacy

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Contrary to the claim that a diplomat is paid to lie for his country, former Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd contends that from Machievelli to Metternich, from Sir Edward Grey to Boutros-Boutros Ghali, a top diplomat's main function is the genuine search for peace. His chronological narrative of the international affairs of the 20th century focuses on the lead-up to World War I, the peace of 1919 and its failure, the build-up to the 1939-45 war, the post-war settlement to Suez, the United Nations and the Congo, Kissinger and Vietnam, and the war in Bosnia.

The Rt. Hon. Lord Hurd of Westwell, CH, CBE enjoyed a distinguished career in government spanning sixteen years. He ran Edward Heath's acted as Political Secretary at 10 Downing Street from 1970 to 1974. He was Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1984-8), Home Secretary (1985-9) and Foreign Secretary from 1989 to 1995 in Margaret Thatcher's government.

* '...all the insight and judgement you would expect from such a distinguished mind, and the virtue of being immensely readable' - John Major, SUNDAY TIMES 'Pick of the Year' * 'The text is taut...wise and penetrating' - Roy Jenkins, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH