The Diaries of Sir Alexander Cadogan: 1938-1945 (Edited by David Dilks)

NewYork: Putnam, 1972. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. green cloth, gilt spine,881 pages : illustrations,(portrait frontis.,+ 6 pp of plates, facsimiles, bibliography, index,d.j. is price-clipped, else a very good copy.first American edition. CONTENTS:The approach to Munich (January-August 1938),Munich and Prague (September 1938-March 1939),Floundering into war (March-August 1939) The twilight war and the collapse of France (September 1939-June 1940),A year alone (June 1940-May 1941),The worldwide war (June-December 1941)mReverses (January-September 1942) The defeat of Italy (October 1942-September 1943),The beginning of the end (September 1943-May 1944),From Overlord to Yalta (June 1944-February 1945),The perils of victory (February-August 1945),Epilogue (1945-1968) " The private diaries of the permanent undersecretary of the British Foreign Office during WW II-the man who drafted the Atlantic Charter and was Winston Churchill's chief advisor during the eight most crucial years of the twentieth century" from the d.j. .