Using History, Making British Policy

Part I. Introduction: Using History in Britain

1. British Policymakers and History
Peter J. Beck

2. Using Official Histories and Public Records to Present Britain’s Past to a Global Audience
Peter J. Beck

Part II. Using History in the Treasury

3. The Treasury Becomes ‘Very Historically Minded’, 1957–60
Peter J. Beck

4. Pushing Ahead with “Funding Experience”, 1960–62
Peter J. Beck

5. The Public Enterprises Division (PE) as a Case Study, 1962–65
Peter J. Beck

6. The ‘New Stage’ in the Treasury’s Historical Work, 1965–68
Peter J. Beck

7. Retuning the Treasury’s Historical Activities after Fulton, 1968–70
Peter J. Beck

8. Moving Towards the Closure of the Treasury Historical Section, 1971–76
Peter J. Beck

9. Using History in the Treasury
Peter J. Beck

Part III. Using History in the Foreign Office

10. The Foreign Office’s 1962 Abadan History
Peter J. Beck

11. Using Butler’s Abadan History to Reappraise British Foreign Policy
Peter J. Beck

12. Using History in the Foreign Office
Peter J. Beck

Part IV. Conclusion

13. Making British Policy, Using and Ignoring History
Peter J. Beck

Nyckelord: History, History of Britain and Ireland, Political History, Political Science, Modern History