Eden: The Life and Times of Anthony Eden First Earl of Avon, 1897-1977Anthony Eden, who served as both Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister, was one of the central political figures of the twentieth century. He had good looks, charm, a Military Cross from the Great War, an Oxford first and a secure parliamentary constituency from his mid-twenties. He was Foreign Secretary at the age of 38, and the first British statesman to meet Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin. Eden's dramatic resignation from Neville Chamberlain's Cabinet in 1938, outlined here in the fullest detail yet, made an international impact. |
Contents
APPENDIX IV | |
NOTES | |
CHAPTER 1 | |
CHAPTER 2 | |
CHAPTER 3 | |
CHAPTER 4 | |
CHAPTER 5 | |
CHAPTER 6 | |
the Great War Generation | |
CHAPTER TWO | |
CHAPTER THREE | |
CHAPTER FOUR | |
CHAPTER FIVE | |
CHAPTER SIX | |
CHAPTER SEVEN | |
CHAPTER EIGHT | |
CHAPTER NINE | |
CHAPTER TEN | |
CHAPTER ELEVEN | |
CHAPTER TWELVE | |
CHAPTER THIRTEEN | |
CHAPTER FOURTEEN | |
CHAPTER FIFTEEN | |
CHAPTER SIXTEEN | |
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN | |
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN | |
CHAPTER NINETEEN | |
CHAPTER TWENTY | |
APPENDIX I | |
APPENDIX II | |
APPENDIX III | |
CHAPTER 7 | |
CHAPTER 8 | |
CHAPTER 9 | |
CHAPTER 10 | |
CHAPTER 11 | |
INTERLUDE | |
CHAPTER 12 | |
CHAPTER 13 | |
CHAPTER 14 | |
CHAPTER 15 | |
CHAPTER 16 | |
CHAPTER 17 | |
CHAPTER 18 | |
CHAPTER 19 | |
CHAPTER 20 | |
POSTLUDE | |
APPENDIX I | |
Acknowledgments | |
Select Bibliography | |
Version 10 | |
ISBN 0712665056 | |
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Eden: The Life and Times of Anthony Eden, First Earl of Avon, 1897-1977 D. R. Thorpe No preview available - 2004 |