A War of Words - A Cold War Witness

Lord Mayhew''s memoirs in this book include an account of his early life at Oxford and the attraction of communism - so common among his contemporaries - and of his visit to the Soviet Union, which was followed by disillusionment and the beginning of his strong anti-communist beliefs. After war service and entry into parliament, he was marked out as a potential high-flyer and served as Personal Private Secretary to Ernest Bevin at the Foreign Office. In covering this period of Mayhew''s life, the book highlights Britain''s role in the early years of the Cold War, and describes how the country was the first to take up the offensive to rebut Soviet propaganda and to try to further world-wide belief in western social democracy.>

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• Authors: Christopher Mayhew, Mayhew Christopher
• Assisted by: Lynn Smith (Editor), Smith Lynn (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781350182196
• ISBN: 978-1-350-18219-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, International Relations, Autobiography: historical, political & military, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Central / national / federal government, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Central government