Robert Lambart Harvey (born 21 August 1953) is a British

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politician, journalist and well known historian and author.

Education

Harvey was educated at

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and later at Christ Church,

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where he obtained a BA in 1974 and MA in 1978.''Who's Who'', London, A&C Black

Journalism

Harvey was foreign affairs lead writer for the '' Daily Telegraph'' (1987-1991) and assistant editor of ''

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'' (1981-1983).

Politics

Harvey first stood for Parliament, unsuccessfully, at Caernarvon in October 1974, where he was beaten by the future leader of

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. Five years later he contested

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, once again being beaten by a Plaid Cymru incumbent,

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. In the Conservative landslide of 1983 general election, he was elected to the

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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

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candidate

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Think tanks

He was a member of the

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council (1984-1988) and a member of the advisory board of the Woodrow Wilson Chair of International Politics (1985-1992). He is an active member of the

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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

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, George Shultz,

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, Dick Lugar as well as himself. He has been translated into several languages and some of his titles have been widely read.

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)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harvey, Robert 1953 births Living people Conservative Party (UK) MPs for Welsh constituencies People educated at Eton College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford UK MPs 1983–1987 British writers