A British Tale of Indian and Foreign Service: The Memoirs of Sir Ian Scott (Radcliffe Press) - Hardcover

Scott, Sir Ian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1860643809 ISBN 13: 9781860643804

Publisher: I.B.Tauris, 1999

Synopsis

The memoirs of Sir Ian Scott are an important contribution to our understanding of Britain's history from before the Second World War until the late 1960s. Setting down his recollections of a long and distinguished career spent mainly in the Indian Civil Service but also as a Foreign Office official and finally as a British ambassador, Sir Ian paints an entertaining and illuminating picture of many different places. Among the great events which the book covers are the growth of Indian nationalism and the partition of the subcontinent in 1947, as well as the post-war crises in the Congo and Lebanon. Sir Ian Scott paints vivid portraits of powerful public figures such as Mountbatten, Wavell, Nehru, Jinnah, de Gaulle, Bevan, George Brown and Barbara Castle.

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About the Author

Ian Scott's long and distinguished career was spent mainly in the Indian Civil Service but also as a Foreign Office official and finally as a British ambassador in Africa and the Middle East. He is the author of Tumbled House on his time in the Congo.
Denis Judd is Principal Lecturer in the history of the British Imperial Commonwealth and South Asia. He is the author of Empire: The British Imperial Experience from 1765 to the Present

Edition details

• Publisher: I.B.Tauris
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1860643809
• ISBN 13: 9781860643804
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Judd Denis