Curzon in India: Frustration v. 2

Dilks, David

Taplinger Publishing Company

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Retreat from power: Studies in Britain's foreign policy of the twentieth century, Volume One: 1906 - 1939

Macmillan

Retreat from power: Studies in Britain's foreign policy of the twentieth century

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

This is the first volume of a major two-volume biography of Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940), which matches his ample collection of private papers against the public records, and brings in from other collections of papers letters written to or by Chamberlain. This first volume tells the story of the first sixty years of Chamberlain's life. As well as his role in national politics, it covers his endeavours to prove himself in a different sphere by building up his business concerns in Birmingham, and through service to the city. Chamberlain's family letters and diaries are freely drawn upon. There is much material about Chamberlain's personal relations with his half-brother Austen, Lloyd George, Baldwin and Churchill. Chamberlain is revealed as a figure of wide culture, many international connections, and much reserve in his personal dealings, but with astonishing energy and resourcefulness in administration and boldness in policy.

Neville Chamberlain: Volume 1, 1869–1929

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Cambridge University Press

This is the first volume of a major two-volume biography of Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940), which matches his ample collection of private papers against the public records, and brings in from other collections of papers letters written to or by Chamberlain. This first volume tells the story of the first sixty years of Chamberlain's life. As well as his role in national politics, it covers his endeavours to prove himself in a different sphere by building up his business concerns in Birmingham, and through service to the city. Chamberlain's family letters and diaries are freely drawn upon. There is much material about Chamberlain's personal relations with his half-brother Austen, Lloyd George, Baldwin and Churchill. Chamberlain is revealed as a figure of wide culture, many international connections, and much reserve in his personal dealings, but with astonishing energy and resourcefulness in administration and boldness in policy.

Sir Alexander Cadogan was one of the most outstanding civil servants Britain has ever known. He kept a diary from 1933 until the year of his death, 1968, at the age of eighty-three. This volume concentrates on the crucial years from 1938 to 1945. In 1938 Sir Alexander became the Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office. He was to hold that position for the next eight years. As chief adviser to three Foreign Secretaries, Eden (for two periods), Halifax and Bevin, working under three Prime Ministers in Chamberlain, Churchill and Attlee, Cadogan had longer consecutive service at the centre of British affairs than any of them. His tenure of office lasted from the first rumblings of the Czechoslovak and Munich crises through the entire war years to the establishment of the United Nations Organization (in the birth of which - and later as Britain's Permanent Representative - he had a profound and formative role admired on both sides of the Iron Curtain). As head of the Foreign Office, trusted and respected by statesmen and colleagues alike for his calm courage, integrity and 'common sense and judgement carried to the point where they almost amounted to genius', Cadogan played a vital part in the conduct and decision-making if his country's affairs. For eight years he attended the most important Cabinet and Cabinet Committee meetings, ran a great Department of State, and accompanied Churchill on his many wartime journeys to the Big Power conferences at Washington, Moscow, Cairo, Tehran and Yalta.Sir Alexander's meticulously kept private record of those years is a document of the highest historical value. It illumines the workings of the Foreign Office and the Cabinet, the conduct of alliances and international diplomacy at a time of unparalleled importance. From these diaries and the more personal 'diary letters' sent by Sir Alexander to his wife when he travelled abroad, David Dilks has produced a book of lasting importance.On 15 August 1945, with the announcement of the Japanese surrender, Cadogan wrote: ' . . . here is the culmination. The problems in front of us are manifold and awful. But I've lived through England's finest hour . . . ' In essence, The Diaries of Sir Alexander Cadogan are a record of the part played in that hour by one of England's finest servants.

The Diaries of Sir Alexander Cadogan, Om, 1938-1945

History

Military

Faber&Faber

Curzon in India

Biography of Lord George Nathan Curzon (1859-1925) was Viceroy of India 1898 to 1905.  A difficult personality & reputation for arrogance have obscured his real & potential achievements, & his insight into late nineteenth century Central Asian politics.

Curzon in India. 2. Frustration

Taplinger

Winston Churchill is one of the dominating figures of the 20th century. In this stimulating and original book, David Dilks presents Churchill, not only as a war leader and international statesman, but also as a private person with a rich variety of friendships and rivalries. New and penetrating light is directed on Churchill during World War II. This was a period of dramatic relationships: conflicts with General de Gaulle in contrast with respect and affection for Roosevelt (feelings not entirely reciprocated by the American president). In the post-war era, relations with Stalin, and preoccupation with the Soviet Union and the Cold War all dominated Churchill's subsequent career, a time when he was able to renew his working relationship with his wartime colleague General – now President - Eisenhower. Whether in or out of office, Churchill's influence was felt in all areas of British politics. David Dilks brings Churchill vividly to life for all those interested in modern British, military and international history.

Churchill and Company: Allies and Rivals in War and Peace

I.B.Tauris

Winston Churchill is one of the dominating figures of the 20th century. In this stimulating and original book, David Dilks presents Churchill, not only as a war leader and international statesman, but also as a private person with a rich variety of friendships and rivalries. New and penetrating light is directed on Churchill during World War II. This was a period of dramatic relationships: conflicts with General de Gaulle in contrast with respect and affection for Roosevelt (feelings not entirely reciprocated by the American president). In the post-war era, relations with Stalin, and preoccupation with the Soviet Union and the Cold War all dominated Churchill's subsequent career, a time when he was able to renew his working relationship with his wartime colleague General â€“ now President - Eisenhower. Whether in or out of office, Churchill's influence was felt in all areas of British politics. David Dilks brings Churchill vividly to life for all those interested in modern British, military and international history.

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Curzon in India: Frustration v. 2

Retreat from power: Studies in Britain's foreign policy of the twentieth century, Volume One: 1906 - 1939

Retreat from power: Studies in Britain's foreign policy of the twentieth century

Neville Chamberlain: Volume 1, 1869–1929

Neville Chamberlain: Volume 1, 1869–1929

The Diaries of Sir Alexander Cadogan, Om, 1938-1945

Curzon in India

Curzon in India. 2. Frustration

Churchill and Company: Allies and Rivals in War and Peace

Churchill and Company: Allies and Rivals in War and Peace