The Records of the Foreign Office, 1782-1968

• Author(s): Great Britain. Public Record Office, Michael Roper,
• Publisher: Public Record Office
• Pages: 324
• ISBN_10: 1903365333
  ISBN_13: 9781903365335
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / General , Political Science / International Relations / General , Political Science / International Relations / Diplomacy , Political Science / World / European , Reference / General ,

Description:... This new edition is expanded to include the period 1939-1968, the crucial years of the Second World War and its aftermath, up to the end of a separate Foreign Office (FO) in 1968. It describes the changes within the FO brought on by the stresses of war and to its record-keeping systems after 1939, and incorporates information on the records of other war-time and post-war bodies linked to the FO. It examines the FO's role in the reconstruction of Western Europe, the diminution of Britain's international role and the shrinking of the Empire.