MICHAEL F. HOPKINS  is Lecturer in History at the University of Liverpool, UK and the author of Oliver Franks and the Truman Administration: Anglo-American Relations 1948-52.SAUL KELLY is Reader in the Defence Studies Department of King's College London, UK and the author of The Hunt for Zerzura: the lost oasis and the desert war.JOHN W. YOUNG  is Professor of International History at the University of Nottingham, UK and author of Twentieth Century Diplomacy: a study in British practice, 1963-76.

• List of Contributors Introduction; M.F.Hopkins , S.Kelly & J.W.Young Lord Lothian, 1939-40; J.S.Rofe Lord Halifax, 1941-46; N.J.Cull Lord Inverchapel, 1946-48; M.Folly Oliver Franks, 1948-52; M.F.Hopkins Roger Makins, 1953-56; S.Kelly Harold Caccia, 1956-61; J.Ellison David Ormsby Gore, Lord Harlech, 1961-65; M.F.Hopkins Patrick Dean, 1965-69; J.Colman John Freeman, 1969-71; J.W.Young Lord Cromer, 1971-74; A.Spelling Peter Ramsbotham, 1974-77; R.Roy Conclusion; G.R.Berridge & J.W.Young Select Bibliography

MICHAEL F. HOPKINS  is Lecturer in History at the University of Liverpool, UK and the author of Oliver Franks and the Truman Administration: Anglo-American Relations 1948-52.SAUL KELLY is Reader in the Defence Studies Department of King's College London, UK and the author of The Hunt for Zerzura: the lost oasis and the desert war.JOHN W. YOUNG  is Professor of International History at the University of Nottingham, UK and author of Twentieth Century Diplomacy: a study in British practice, 1963-76.

• List of Contributors Introduction; M.F.Hopkins , S.Kelly & J.W.Young Lord Lothian, 1939-40; J.S.Rofe Lord Halifax, 1941-46; N.J.Cull Lord Inverchapel, 1946-48; M.Folly Oliver Franks, 1948-52; M.F.Hopkins Roger Makins, 1953-56; S.Kelly Harold Caccia, 1956-61; J.Ellison David Ormsby Gore, Lord Harlech, 1961-65; M.F.Hopkins Patrick Dean, 1965-69; J.Colman John Freeman, 1969-71; J.W.Young Lord Cromer, 1971-74; A.Spelling Peter Ramsbotham, 1974-77; R.Roy Conclusion; G.R.Berridge & J.W.Young Select Bibliography