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Moskva, Iz-vo Inostrnnoy literatury, 1956.In good condition, slightly spotted to the cover, crack and tear to the front cover, usual stamp to the front cover.Copy #324.First and only Russian edition of Campbell-Johnson's Sir Anthony Eden. A Biography (1955).The series of such books were sent out to Soviet authorities according to the special list. Each number in the list corresponds to the number on the cover. It was assumed that after reading every copy had to be returned.
During the WWII, Britain's Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden (1897-1977) sternly opposed to the Soviet borders as they existed prior to the German invasion in June 1941. On the other side, Eden, a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since April 1955, attempted to relax international tension by welcoming to Great Britain the Soviet leaders Nikita Khrushchev and Nikolay Bulganin (1956).
Eden's biography was prepared by British Liberal Party politician and journalist Alan Campbell-Johnson (1913-1998).
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