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British politician (born 1953)
Robert Lambart Harvey (born 21 August 1953) is a British
Conservative Party politician, journalist and well known historian and author.
Education
Harvey was educated at
Eton College and later at
Christ Church ,
Oxford University where he obtained a
BA in 1974 and
MA in 1978.
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Journalism
Harvey was foreign affairs lead writer for the
Daily Telegraph (1987-1991) and assistant editor of
The Economist (1981-1983).
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Politics
Harvey first stood for Parliament, unsuccessfully, at
Caernarvon in
October 1974 , where he was beaten by the future leader of
Plaid Cymru ,
Dafydd Wigley .
Five years later he contested
Merioneth , once again being beaten by a Plaid Cymru incumbent,
Dafydd Elis-Thomas . In the Conservative landslide of
1983 general election , he was elected to the
House of Commons as MP for
Clwyd South-West . He became a member of the House of Commons
Foreign Affairs Committee . He served for one term before his defeat at the
1987 election by the
Labour candidate
Martyn Jones .
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Think tanks
He was a member of the
Wilton Park council (1984-1988) and a member of the advisory board of the Woodrow Wilson Chair of International Politics (1985-1992). He is[
when? ] an active member of the
Caux Round Table .
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Author
Robert Harvey is a prolific historian and author. In 2007 he edited and introduced the book entitled The World Crisis: The Way Forward after Iraq with works by
Jimmy Carter ,
Henry Kissinger ,
George Shultz ,
Geoffrey Howe ,
Michael Heseltine ,
Zbigniew Brzezinski ,
Brent Scowcroft ,
Sam Nunn ,
Dick Lugar as well as himself. He has been translated into several languages and some of his titles have been widely read.
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The 2009 British film
Endgame directed by
Pete Travis is based upon Harvey's book The Fall of Apartheid: The Inside History from Smuts to Mbeki .
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Books
Portugal: Birth of a Democracy (1978)
Blueprint of a Democracy (1978)
Fire Down Below: A Study of Latin America (1988)
The Undefeated: The Rise, Fall and Rise of Modern Japan (1994)
The Return of the Strong: The Drift to Global Disorder (1995)
Clive: The Life and Death of a British Emperor (1998)
Liberators: Latin America's Struggle for Independence (2000)
Cochrane: The Life and Exploits of a Fighting Captain (2000)
A Few Bloody Noses: The American War of Independence (2001)
The Fall of Apartheid: The Inside History from Smuts to Mbeki (2002)
Comrades: The Rise and Fall of World Communism (2003)
Global Disorder (2003)
A Short History of Communism (2004)
The War of Wars: The great European Conflict 1793-1815 (2007)
The World Crisis: The Way Forward after Iraq , ed. (2007)
The Mavericks: The Military Commanders who Change the Course of History (2008)
American Shogun: MacArthur, Hirohito and the American Duel with Japan (2009)
Romantic Revolutionary: Simon Bolivar and the Struggle for Independence in Latin America (2011)
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References
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c Who's Who , London,
A&C Black
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Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
^ Times Guide to the House of Commons 1987
^ The World Crisis: The Way Forward After Iraq , Edited and Introduced Robert Harvey, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, George Shultz et al., London, Constable, 2008.
^ Bishop, Sophy.
"Michael Young discusses his role as facilitator in anti-apartheid negotiations" . Harvard Law School . Retrieved 14 April 2024 .
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"Robert Harvey" . Amazon .
^ Collier, Simon (9 August 2001).
"Old Iron-Arse" . London Review of Books . 23 (15).
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"The world's first modern mass conflict" .
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