Anthony Eden : a political biography, 1931-57

In this significant reassessment of Anthony Eden, Earl of Avon, Victor Rothwell makes use of newly available information to move beyond the evaluations of the two major biographies published since Eden's death in 1977. Focusing particularly on foreign policy, Rothwell reexamines the central episodes in Eden's career to provide a new picture of Eden the statesman. Eden's precise views on the appeasement of the fascist dictators and his policy towards the Soviet Union in the 1930s; the tangled circumstances of his resignations in 1938 and 1957; his twenty-year long, tension-ridden relationship with Churchill; his actions as Foreign Secretary during the foreign policy crisis from 1940 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1955; and the domestic as well as foreign policy aspects of his brief premiership; all receive important new interpretations. Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-293) and index. 298 pages ; 24 cm