Army League, 1954-11 - 1955-07
Scope and Contents
Papers and cuttings on Cold War defence, including: papers on atomic warfare; defence estimates; rough notes by Leo Amery; draft by JA for the League report, "Do we still need an Army?"; notes and correspondence on the draft report, with correspondents including Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, Basil Liddell Hart, Reginald Paget, Major-General Laurence Grand, Lord Balfour of Inchrye, 1st Lord Hore-Belisha, Lieutenant-General Sir Wilfrid Lindsell, Major-General Horace Birks, Lieutenant-General Sir Francis Tuker, Sir Desmond Morton, Lieutenant-General Hugh Martin, Major-General Sir Percy Hobart; papers by Liddell Hart.
Dates
- Creation: 1954-11 - 1955-07
Creator
- From the Fonds: Amery, Harold Julian, 1919 - 1996 (Baron Amery of Lustleigh, politician) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
Extent
1 file(s)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
Box 471
Finding aid date
2011-01-11 14:17:24.357000+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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