Diplomacy and Intelligence During the Second World War
Essays in Honour of F. H. Hinsley

A collection of essays in the honour of F. H. Hinsley, the foremost historian of British wartime intelligence.

Richard Langhorne (Edited by)

9780521521970, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 29 January 2004

340 pages
22.9 x 15.3 x 2.3 cm, 0.52 kg

This collection of specially commissioned essays has been assembled as a tribute to Professor F. H. Hinsley, the foremost historian of British wartime intelligence. Strategic topics include the rapid collapse of France in 1940, Britain's response to it, and Russia's demand for a second front in Europe after she entered the war in 1941. Major diplomatic problems are also considered: the management of the British Foreign Office during the period of appeasement, how to prevent Franco's Spain from joining the Axis, how to handle the situation in Yugoslavia following Tito's successes with the Partisans, and Roosevelt's doctrine of 'unconditional surrender'. The book concludes with an assessment of the case against Germany over the invasion of Norway as it came before the Nuremberg Tribunal.

Part I: 1. Introduction Richard Langhorne
2. F. H. Hinsley and a rational world order: an essay in bibliography Jonathan Steinberg
3. F. H. Hinsley and the Cambridge moles: two patterns of intelligence recruitment Christopher Andrew
Part II: 4. Strategy, arms and the collapse of France 1930–40 Bradford A. Lee
5. Vansittart's administration of the Foreign Office in the 1930s Donald Boadle
6. Italy's historians and the myth of Fascism Richard Bosworth
Part III: 7. The political uses of military intelligence: evaluating the threat of a Jewish revolt against Britain during the Second World War Ronald Zweig
8. The politics of asylum, Juan Negrín and the British Government in 1940 Denis Smyth
9. Churchill and the British 'Decision' to fight on in 1940: right policy, wrong reasons David Reynolds
10. Britain and the Russian entry into the war Sheila Lawlor
11. Crowning the revolution: the British, King Peter and the path to Tito's cave Mark Wheeler
12. Franklin Roosevelt and Unconditional Surrender A. E. Campbell
Part IV: 13. Crimes against peace: the case of the invasion of Norway at the Nuremberg Trials Patrick Salmon
Notes
Bibliography of the writings of F. H. Hinsley
Index.

Subject Areas: Second World War [HBWQ], European history [HBJD]