Getting Our Way: Values

Former British Ambassador to the US, Sir Christopher Meyer, looks back at 500 years of intrigue and adventure to construct a history of British diplomacy from the inside. The final part is devoted to values, as Meyer explores the troubled history behind the idea of an 'ethical foreign policy'. He looks at how Britain's attempt 'to buy Mussolini off' left the FO tainted with the charge of appeasement and revisits the failures of British and international diplomacy to prevent genocide in Bosnia.