Ringside Seat: The Political and Wartime Memoirs of James Allason - Hardcover

Allason, James

 
9781857252231: Ringside Seat: The Political and Wartime Memoirs of James Allason

Synopsis

The political and wartime memoirs of former MP James Allason, a man who knew seven UK prime ministers. He worked with Mountbatten's military planners - Peter Fleming and Dean Rusk - and after being wounded in Burma advised Churchill in the Cabinet War Rooms. His advice to Atlee influenced the creation of the State of Israel. The book sheds new light on the Cuban Missile Crisis and includes the definitive account of the Profumo affair.

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