Sean Lester : the guardian of a small flickering light /

Although he had left school aged fourteen, had no experience of foreign affairs and spoke only English, in 1929 Sean Lester became the Irish representative to the League of Nations in Geneva, eventually succeeding to the post of its third and last Secretary-General. In his dairies he witnessed many...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Fosse, Marit (Autor), Fox, John (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, MD : Hamilton Books, 2016.
Temas:
Lester, Sean, > 1888-1959.
Lester, Sean, > 1888-1959
League of Nations > Officials and employees.
Société des Nations > Fonctionnaires.
League of Nations
LAW > International.
Employees
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword; Introduction; 1 A Brief Account of Recent Irish History; 2 Who Was Sean Lester?; 3 The League of Nations; 4 The Manchurian Question; 5 Latin American Matters; 6 Disarmament and Finance; 7 Secretariat Appointments; 8 Minority Questions; 9 Appointed High Commissioner in Danzig; 10 Danzig in 1933 and 1934; 11 Danzig 1935; 12 Danzig, 1936 and Beyond; 13 Ethiopia/Abyssinia; 14 Deputy Secretary-General, 1937-1940; 15 War Begins, 1939; 16 The Summer of 1940; 17 Becoming Secretary-General; 18 The End of the League; Bibliography; Index

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