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Biographies.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Written accounts of the lives of individuals.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Papers of Professor John Erickson concerning the `Edinburgh Conversations`.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13596
Scope and Contents Correspondence, memoranda and related papers, 1974-1997, concerning the ‘Edinburgh Conversations’ and Professor John Erickson`s involvement in them.John Erickson (1929-2002) was a British military historian and the West’s leading authority on the Soviet military during and after the Second World War. During the ‘Cold War’ he was one of the very few academics to earn the trust of both sides and a key channel for contact between the Soviets and the Americans.After...
Dates: c.1970s-1994