25 Love on the Ski Slopes, 1946

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Chronology xvii
6. Prologue
7. Out of Africa, Amiably, December 1963 3
8. Early Years
9. The Family in Lossiemouth 13
10. Margaret’s Short, Crowded Life, 1870–1912 16
11. Schooldays at Bedales, 1912–20 26
12. Oxford Years, 1920–24 36
13. Three Travelling Tongues, 1924–25 46
14. Authors and Antilopes, 1925–29 53
15. Parliamentary Years
16. Bassetlaw and Five Elections, 1923–35 61
17. Learning under Ramsay, 1929–35 76
18. Palestine: Under Weizmann’s Charm, 1922–36 87
19. Ross and Cromarty – and the Churchills, 1936 98
20. Bringing Peace to Ireland, 1935–38 109
21. The Abdication and Dominion Crises, 1936–38 125
22. Bereavement and Appeasement, 1937–38 134
23. Moyne, Hailey, and a New View on Colonies, 1935–40 143
24. Palestine: The Split over Partition, 1938–40 159
25. In Search of Beauty 176
26. London under Attack 187
27. The Submarine War and Ireland, 1940–41 197
28. Canada
29. Ottawa, 1941 209
30. Mackenzie King and the Conscription Crises, 1942–44 214
31. Balancing the Triangle, 1941–43 231
32. Twists over “Tube Alloys,” 1942–46 242
33. Birds and Other Pursuits, 1941–45 252
34. Love on the Ski Slopes, 1946 261
35. Asia
36. Malaya: Salvaging a Federation, 1946–48 269
37. Old Attitudes and Closed Clubs, 1947–54 280
38. The Malayan Emergency, 1948–53 289
39. Building Trust between Communities, 1948–51 303
40. Fast Friends 313
41. Borneo People, 1946–56 321
42. Brunei and Singapore, 1946–55 331
43. The Colombo Plan and Vietnam, 1948–54 342
44. Siam, Sihanouk, Sukarno, and Seminars, 1948–55 353
45. India: Picking Up the Pieces after Suez, 1955–60 363
46. Leading Laos to Neutrality, 1961–62 377
47. Africa and Later Years
48. Kenya: Preparing for Uhuru, 1963–64 389
49. Rhodesia, South Africa, and Nigeria, 1965–74 404
50. Bridges to China, 1962–75 419
51. Years of “Retirement,” 1969–81 428
52. An Assessment: Man and Diplomat 438
53. Notes 447
54. Bibliography 481
55. Index 487