Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes Lyon, the youngest daughter of the Earl of Strathmore, was born on 4 August, 1900. Few could have imagined the profound effect she would have on Britain and its people. This official biography tells not only her story but, through it, that of the country she loved so devotedly.

Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes Lyon is the youngest daughter of the Earl of Strathmore. Drawing on her private correspondence and other unpublished material from the Royal Archives, this title reveals the witty girl who endeared herself to soldiers convalescing at Glamis in the First World War and the assured young Duchess of York.

We have seen press and television pictures of winding lines of refugees in Africa or on mountain passes in Europe and felt that 'something must be done'. This book reveals what lies behind decisions by the 'international community' to intervene in a situation on humanitarian grounds, and what happens when the troops and aid agencies move in.

The US-European relationship has been shaken by the disagreement over whether to invade Iraq. In this work William Shawcross makes the case for the US-British operation and argues that Europeans made a serious blunder in their actions.

An enlightening analysis of the risks taken by the US, Britain and their coalition partners with the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and the ways in which the challenges posed by Iraq threaten to destroy the post-war Western consensus The United States, Britain and their coalition partners took enormous risks in invading Iraq in March 2003. They risked one of the most successful alliances in history. ..

The U.S., Britain and their coalition partners took enormous risks in invading Iraq in March 2003. They risked one of the most successful alliances in history. They risked damaging both the United Nations and themselves.

Why was the world so slow to react to the genocide in Rwanda? This book argues that the delay in providing humanitarian aid was a refusal on the part of the international community to recognise the singularity of the exceptional crime of genocide.