Postwar visionaries and the moral foundations of modern leadership
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John Bew
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The article discusses how postwar political thinkers envisioned a better world after WWII, framed through the lens of James Holland's book The Visionaries. It touches on the Atlantic Charter, the Biden presidency's "build back better" theme, and how ethical and moral principles once guided leadership. The author, a former No 10 foreign policy adviser, recounts being tasked with briefing President Biden on an original copy of the Atlantic Charter at the 2021 G7 summit.
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· 3 pulledAt the G7 summit in Cornwall in 2021, as No 10 foreign policy adviser and de facto house historian, I was tasked with talking the president through an original copy of the Atlantic Charter, agreed by Franklin D Roosevelt and Winston Churchill in 1941.
Biden knew the story very well already.
In his book The Visionaries, James Holland explains how ethics and morals were once the guiding principles of leadership
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