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The Reith Lectures: Oliver Franks - Britain and the Tide of World Affairs: The Atlantic Bridge

Oliver Franks - Britain and the Tide of World Affairs

21/11/1954

The Atlantic Bridge

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Sir Oliver Franks analyses the political relationship between Britain and the USA.

Sir Oliver Franks analyses the political relationship between Britain and the USA in his third Reith Lecture from his series 'Britain and Tide of World Affairs'.

This year's Reith Lecturer is the Chairman of Lloyds Bank, Sir Oliver Franks. He is the former Provost of Queen's College, Oxford, and the former Professor of Moral Philosophy at University of Glasgow. He was the British Ambassador in Washington, DC, between 1948 and 1952, and has been described as "one of the founders of the post-war world". He delivers his Reith series entitled 'Britain and Tide of World Affairs'.

In his third lecture entitled 'The Atlantic Bridge', Sir Oliver explores the relationship between the United States of America and Britain. He discusses the frictions between the two countries and their mutual interdependence. He analyses the discomforts of the passage of power, McCarthyism, and the fear that the United States will land us in a third world war. 

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The civil servant Oliver Franks considers Britain's changing political relationships.

The civil servant and philosopher Oliver Franks explores the state of post-war politics, and considers Britain's changing political relationships with the rest of the world.

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