Acronyms and Abbreviations – vi
Foreword by the Lord Jenkins of Hillhead – vii
Introduction by Lyn Smith – ix
1. Does the Future Work? My Disillusionment with the Soviets -1
2. Propaganda and the Workers’ Paradise – 14
3. The Cultural Cold War- 48
4. Against ‘Peace’ – 80
5. Stalin’s Foreign Friends – 98
6. Cold War: Reflections, Doubts and Some Regrets – 111
Notes – 117
Appendix 1: Extracts of Memorandum, C. Mayhew to E. Bevin, urging establishment of IRD – 120
Appendix 2: Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs – 123
Appendix 3: Extracts from Circular 0121 – 128
Appendix 4: Forced Labour in the Soviet Union – 129
Appendix 5: Letter Christopher Mayhew to Mr A. A. Arutiunian, 31 October 1947 – 137
Bibliography – 141
Index - 143
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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Lord Mayhew's memoirs in this book include an account of his early life at Oxford and the attraction of communism. It also covers his war service and appointment as Personal Private Secretary to Ernest Bevin at the Foreign Office, and highlights Britain's role in the early years of the Cold War.
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Written from original documentary evidence and first-hand interviews with Christopher Mayhew
ISBN
9781350182196
Publisert
2021-02-25
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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204 gr
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216 mm
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140 mm
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P, U, 06, 05
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Engelsk
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192
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