Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: Keith Neilson and Modern International History
- 1 On the Eve of War: January to September 1939
- 2 The Baltic, Blockade and Soviet Russia: September 1939–June 1940
- 3 Defending the Mediterranean: Italy, Russia and the Balkans, September 1939–June 1940
- 4 Defending Britain and the Far East: The United States, Japan and Soviet Russia, September 1939–June 1940
- 5 ‘Nothing for nothing’: From the Fall of France to Operation Barbarossa: July 1940–June 1941
- Epilogue
- Appendix I Members of the American, Central, Eastern, Far Eastern, Northern and Southern Departments, 1939–41
- Appendix II Dramatis Personae
- Appendix III Keith Neilson, List of Publications
- Bibliography
- Index
Appendix II - Dramatis Personae
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 July 2022
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: Keith Neilson and Modern International History
- 1 On the Eve of War: January to September 1939
- 2 The Baltic, Blockade and Soviet Russia: September 1939–June 1940
- 3 Defending the Mediterranean: Italy, Russia and the Balkans, September 1939–June 1940
- 4 Defending Britain and the Far East: The United States, Japan and Soviet Russia, September 1939–June 1940
- 5 ‘Nothing for nothing’: From the Fall of France to Operation Barbarossa: July 1940–June 1941
- Epilogue
- Appendix I Members of the American, Central, Eastern, Far Eastern, Northern and Southern Departments, 1939–41
- Appendix II Dramatis Personae
- Appendix III Keith Neilson, List of Publications
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
POLITICAL FIGURES
Butler, Richard Austen (1902–82), Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, cr. 1965; ed. Marlborough, Pembroke College, Cambridge; MP (Cons) for Saffron Walden, 1929–65; Parliamentary Under-Secretary for India, 1932–37; to Ministry of Labour, 1937–38; for Foreign Affairs, 1938–41; President of the Board of Education, 1941–45; Minister of Labour, 1945; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1951–55; Lord Privy Seal, 1955–59; Home Secretary, 1957–62; First Secretary of State and Deputy Prime Minister, 1962–63; Foreign Secretary, 1963–64.
Chamberlain, (Arthur) Neville (1869–1940); ed. Rugby School, Mason College, Birmingham; MP (Cons) for Birmingham Ladywood, 1918–29, Birmingham Edgbaston, 1929–40; Minister for National Service, 1916–19; Postmaster-General, 1922–23; Minister of Health, 1923, 1924–29 and 1931; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1923–24 and 1931–37; Prime Minister, 1937– 40; Lord President of the Council, 1940.
Chatfield, Sir (Alfred) Ernle Montacute (1873–1967), 1st Baron Chatfield, cr. 1937; ed. St. Andrew's School, Tenby; entered Royal Navy, 1886; Captain, 1909; Fourth Sea Lord, 1919–20; Rear-Admiral and Naval Aide-de-Camp to the King, 1920; Assistant Chief of Naval Staff, 1920–22; Commander 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron, 1922–25; Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy, 1925–29 (Vice-Admiral since 1926); Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet, 1929–30 (Admiral since 1930); Mediterranean Fleet, 1930–33; First Sea Lord, 1933–38 (Admiral of the Fleet since 1935); Minister for the Coor¬dination of Defence, 1939–40.
Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer- (1874–1965); ed. Harrow; MP (Cons) for Oldham, 1900–04, (Lib) 1904–06, for Manchester North West, 1906–08, and Dundee, 1908–22, (Cons) for Epping, 1924–45, Woodford, 1945–64; Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies, 1905–08; Pres¬ident of the Board of Trade, 1908–10; Home Secretary, 1910–11; First Lord of the Admiralty, 1911–15 and 1939–40; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1915; Minister of Munitions, 1917–19; Secretary of State for War and Air, 1919–21; Colonial Secretary, 1921–22; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1924–29; Minister of Defence, 1940–45 and 1951–52; Prime Minister, 1940–45 and 1951–55.
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- The Foreign Office's War, 1939-41British Strategic Foreign Policy and the Major Neutral Powers, pp. 301 - 316Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2022