In the Midst of Events: The Foreign Office Diaries and Papers of Kenneth Younger, February 1950-October 1951 / Edition 1

by Geoffrey Warner

Overview

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 here his insights into the grand games of world politics are collected for the first time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714656229
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/20/2005
Series:	British Politics and Society
Pages:	140
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

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

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'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

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'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

'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

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