...issue of official news and censorship). It was only after the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) was asked to produce a secret report on foreign propaganda policy in...
...age of fourteen; he pursued this whilst studying at the Glasgow School of Art in the evenings. In 1902 Bone settled in London and became a member of the New...
...‘The Prime Minister’s statement was an important new factor, both because it reflected his own judgement of the situation and because the consequences for the party and for the country...
...his desire to replace Walpole with Compton when he succeeded to the throne. Thus, on receiving news of his father’s death from Walpole in June 1727, the new King made...
...aerial bombardment was a significant element in a new era of total warfare. Bombing campaign Air-raids over the UK during the First World War were sporadic and relatively small scale...
...a policy of continental involvement, no doubt helped by his increasing attachment to Newcastle. It was through Newcastle’s influence that he was elected as MP for Seaford in 1747 and...
...Appointments to the diplomatic service were often based upon recommendations and who you knew. This resulted in British Consuls and Vice Consuls around the world being related in some way....
...House of Commons. A new model of leadership If Pitt’s political fortunes would be determined in part by the impact of events such as the French Revolution and Wars, and...
...guns, ammunition or men to fight the war they were faced with, and their communications were poor. The Central Powers discovered that success would require new defensive tactics, while on...
...principles of the new discipline of political economy, and by his trilogy of novels urging paternalistic politics. Most famously, he attacked the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel, contributing to his...