1st Edition
In the Midst of Events The Foreign Office Diaries and Papers of Kenneth Younger, February 1950-October 1951
Edited By Geoffrey Warner
Copyright 2005
144 Pages
by
Routledge
140 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
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Kenneth Younger was the number two man in the Foreign Office during the final period of the Attlee government, a crucial point in post-war history. Now, his papers have been collected for the first time, providing new insight on contemporary events including the Schuman Plan, the Korean War, German Rearmament, the Japanese Peace Treaty and the Abadan Crisis. Younger was an inveterate diarist, and... Read more
Acknowledgements Preface Introduction Editorial Principles Abbreviations Chapter 1 – To the Foreign Office, February August 1950 Chapter 2 – The United Nations , September – December 1950 Chapter 3 – From Bevin to Morison, January to March 1951
Biography
Geoffrey Warner
'Younger was the second-ranking minister in the Foreign Office from February 1950 until the Labour government’s defeat in the October 1951 general election, and his diaries and papers offer a unique insight into British and world politics when Britain could still claim to be a world power.' – Reference & Research Book News
