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Books of theses are, perhaps, as much rites of academic passage as the theses themselves. Yet I have enjoyed writing this book rather more than I enjoyed producing the thesis. In part this reflects changing professional and personal circumstances; in part it is because I spent some years away from academic life, in Westminster and Whitehall, between finishing the thesis and starting the book. That Aberystwyth has proved a congenial environment for this enterprise is not to suggest that Nuffield College, Oxford, was inhospitable. Nor is it to imply anything other than profound gratitude to Michael Howard and the late Philip Williams, whose inspiration, kindness, and patience sustained and motivated my efforts as a graduate student.
Michael Howard was indeed instrumental in persuading me to publish a version of the thesis, and it is to him that I am most greatly indebted. I am also grateful to my colleagues at Aberystwyth, not least the Principal, Kenneth Morgan, who compounded the folly of passing my D. Phil, as an Oxford examiner in 1983 by offering me a lectureship at Aberystwyth in 1990. The Department of International Politics has provided a most congenial and engaging place to complete the book, and I am especially grateful to John Baylis and Colin Mclnnes for their valuable comments on the draft manuscript. Colin Matthew of the Oxford Historical Monographs Committee also made a number of constructive suggestions. None of these people is to blame for any errors of fact or interpretation that remain.
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