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UNINA9910452947803321 |
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Autore |
Hamilton Keith <1942-, > |
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Transformational diplomacy in the Cold War : Britain's Know How Fund in post-communist Europe 1989-2003 / / Keith Hamilton |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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0-203-38158-0 |
1-299-46922-1 |
1-134-12299-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (237 p.) |
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Collana |
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Whitehall histories: Foreign and Commonwealth Office publications, , 1471-2083 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Technical assistance - Europe, Central - History |
Technical assistance - Europe, Eastern - History |
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Great Britain Foreign economic relations Europe, Central |
Europe, Central Foreign economic relations Great Britain |
Great Britain Foreign economic relations Europe, Eastern |
Europe, Eastern Foreign economic relations Great Britain |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: banana ripening in Belarus -- Exciting times -- Practice and principles -- Maximum glitz, minimum bucks -- Measuring success -- Evolving exit strategies -- New Labour, new strategy -- Conclusion: knowing how, when and where. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book examines the 'Know How Fund', Britain's bilateral technical assistance programme in post-communist central and eastern Europe, devised in response to the end of the Cold War.The Know How Fund (KHF) was the technical assistance programme which Margaret Thatcher's government launched in the spring of 1989 to encourage Poland's transition from communism to democracy and free-market capitalism. It was subsequently extended to other countries of central and eastern Europe and might be considered a novel experiment in what the US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, would later |
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