By the former Chairman of the Conservative Party and the last Governor of Hong Kong, this work offers an analysis of the Asian phenomenon and the future of economic and political liberty in China and East Asia in the 21st century. This book focuses on Chris Patten's key disputes with China over questions of democratic elections...more details Format:Hardback
"Not Quite the Diplomat" describes what has been happening in Britain, Europe and the world since 1997 from the perspective of one at the heart of international events. In examining how we got to where we are...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:304
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Chris Patten
ISBN:9780713998559
No recent book by a politician of any political persuasion has been so engaging, so outspoken - and often so funny. If Chris Patten is no longer the diplomat...more details Format:Hardback Pages:304
Globalisation, energy, international crime, Weapons of Mass Destruction, nuclear proliferation, small arms proliferation, international drugs trafficking...more details Format:Hardback Pages:512
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Christopher Patten
ISBN:9780805082579
"A magisterial volume--a cocktail of autobiography, political analysis of the state of the world, and policy prescriptions." --"Foreign Affairs" For fifty years...more details Format:Paperback Pages:309
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Christopher Patten
ISBN:9780805077889
A frank and controversial assessment of the United States, Great Britain, and Europe, and the stakes for all three if the West breaks apart Despite the efforts of President Woodrow Wilson...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:309
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Christopher Patten
ISBN:9780330373081
In June of 1997, over a century and a half of British rule in Hong Kong came to an end. Chris Patten writes about his experiences as the last governor of the colony of Hong Kong. He explains why he adopted the stance that he did...more details Format:Paperback
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Christopher Patten
ISBN:9780333747889
In this autobiography Patten writes, frankly and directly, and for the first time, about his experiences as governor, about why he adopted the stance that he did...more details Format:Paperback
It is, as Chris Patten notes, a funny old world. And it seems to be getting funnier by the day. The global triumph of liberal democracy, with the world made in America and Europe's image...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:496