[T]here are occasions when the sympathetic and interested eye... of a foreigner may penetrate the jungle of confusing events and complicated sentiments with a clarity of vision... amounting to something more than the antiseptic desideratum of 'objectivity.'... Such is the case with The Will to Survive... Many professional historians, including Hungarians, could learn from the judgments of this former guest in their midst. -- John Lukacs Harper's Magazine
Bryan Cartledge studied history at Cambridge University and was a research fellow at St. Antony's College, Oxford. He joined the British Diplomatic Service in 1960, subsequently serving in Sweden, the Soviet Union, and Iran. He was seconded to 10 Downing Street as Private Secretary for Overseas Affairs to James Callaghan and Margaret Thatcher and served as British Ambassador to Hungary from 1980 to 1983, and to the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1988. He left the diplomatic service on his election to principal of Linacre College, Oxford, and was knighted in 1985.
Though this is a political history, the social and economic aspects are well covered. Bryan Cartledge has... a perceptive eye and an elegant pen. The Will to Survive is set to become the standard work on Hungary. International Affairs Highly recommended. Choice 2/1/12
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