In the Midst of Events - The Foreign Office Diaries Papers of Kenneth Younger, February 1950

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.

List 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

About the author

Geoffrey Warner

Summary

The Schuman plan, the Korean War, German Re-armament, the Japanese Peace Treaty and the Abadan Crisis seen through the eyes of the Younger.

Additional text

'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

Product details

• Authors: Geoffrey Warner, Geoffrey (EDT) Warner
• Assisted by: Geoffrey Warner (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.12.2013
• EAN: 9780415848916
• ISBN: 978-0-415-84891-6
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: British Politics and Society; British Politics and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration