LEADER 03303oam 2200709I 450 001 9910779557203321 005 20230803020627.0 010 $a1-134-12306-X 010 $a0-203-38158-0 010 $a1-299-46922-1 010 $a1-134-12299-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203381588 035 $a(CKB)2550000001019556 035 $a(EBL)1170312 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000873968 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11957783 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000873968 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10885811 035 $a(PQKB)10841113 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1170312 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1170312 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10687249 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL478172 035 $a(OCoLC)840258593 035 $a(OCoLC)900286492 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB132018 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001019556 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTransformational diplomacy in the Cold War $eBritain's Know How Fund in post-communist Europe 1989-2003 /$fKeith Hamilton 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (237 p.) 225 1 $aWhitehall histories: Foreign and Commonwealth Office publications,$x1471-2083 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-37725-2 311 $a0-415-69203-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aThis book examines the 'Know How Fund', Britain's bilateral technical assistance programme in post-communist central and eastern Europe, devised in response to the end of the Cold War.The Know How Fund (KHF) was the technical assistance programme which Margaret Thatcher's government launched in the spring of 1989 to encourage Poland's transition from communism to democracy and free-market capitalism. It was subsequently extended to other countries of central and eastern Europe and might be considered a novel experiment in what the US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, would later 410 0$aWhitehall histories.$pForeign and Commonwealth Office publications. 517 3 $aBritain's Know How Fund in post-communist Europe 1989-2003 606 $aTechnical assistance$zEurope, Central$xHistory 606 $aTechnical assistance$zEurope, Eastern$xHistory 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign economic relations$zEurope, Central 607 $aEurope, Central$xForeign economic relations$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign economic relations$zEurope, Eastern 607 $aEurope, Eastern$xForeign economic relations$zGreat Britain 615 0$aTechnical assistance$xHistory. 615 0$aTechnical assistance$xHistory. 676 $a338.91/4104309049 700 $aHamilton$b Keith$f1942-,$01550619 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779557203321 996 $aTransformational diplomacy in the Cold War$93809542 997 $aUNINA