Whitehall and the Suez crisis / editors Saul Kelly, Anthony Gorst.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Alternatives to Nasser: Humphrey Trevelyan, ambassador to Egypt / Michael T. Thornhill -- "A modern major-general": General Sir Gerald Templer, Chief of the Imperial General Staff / Anthony Gorst -- Playing the role of a Cassandra: Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice, Senior Legal Advisor to the Foreign Office / Lewis Johnman -- The mandarins' mandarin: Sir Norman Brook, Secretary of the Cabinet / Keith Kyle -- In the know? Sir Gladwyn Jebb, Ambassador to France / Christopher Goldsmith -- The limits of opposition: Admiral Earl Mountbatten of Burma, First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff / Eric Grove and Sally Rohan -- The missing link?: Patrick Dean, Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee / W. Scott Lucas -- Cadogan's last fling: Sir Alexander Cadogan, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC / Tony Shaw -- In the company of policy makers: Sir Donald Logan, Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs / Chris Brady -- Transatlantic diplomat: Sir Roger Makins, Ambassador to Washington and Joint Permanent Secretary to the Treasury / Saul Kelly -- The diplomats' diplomat: Sir Pierson Dixon, Ambassador to the United Nations / Edward Johnson -- The past as matrix: Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick, Permanent Under-Sercretary for Foreign Affairs / Ann Lane.