Stafford Cripps' Mission to Moscow, 1940-42

by Gabriel Gorodetsky

This book offers a lively revisionist account of a crucial phase in the life of Stafford Cripps: his meteoric rise from the radical fringe of Parliament on the eve of the war to membership of the War Cabinet in 1942. Cripps' ambassadorship to Moscow was of prime importance in view of the dramatic events during this period - the German conquest of Europe, Britain's struggle for survival and Russia's transformation from neutral to belligerent. Dr Gorodetsky...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052152220X
• ISBN13: 9780521522205
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"