Choose Your Weapons
by Douglas Hurd
Coming out in paper back at the end of January
In choosing your weapons Hurd is referring to the Castlereagh-Canning duel at the beginning of the 19th century, which he uses as a symbol of the duel between principle and realpolitik…You can choose which side of the camp you come from, but if you’re sensible, whichever side of the camp you come from, you’ll end up in the same place – of sensible policy.
