Red Ambassador’s London Diaries: 1930s to WWII

Gabriel Gorodetsky is Quondam Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and emeritus professor of history at Tel Aviv University. He has held visiting fellowships at St Antony’s College, Oxford, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington DC, the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton and the Rockefeller Bellagio Research Center. In 2010 he received an honorary doctorate from the Russian State University for the Humanities in Moscow. Among his books are Stafford Cripps’ Mission to Moscow, 1940-1942 (1984), Russia between East and West: Russian Foreign Policy on the threshold of the 21st Century (2003), and Grand Delusion: Stalin and the German Invasion of Russia (1999).

Gathering storm: Maisky, Churchill and the Second Front Opinion
With a new German offensive looming, the Soviet ambassador to the UK Ivan Maisky lobbied Britain to open a second front. In his diaries, published by historian Prof. Gabriel Gorodetsky, Maisky recalls debates with Sir Winston Churchill and Sir Anthony Eden.
Oct 17, 2015 11:05
London during the Blitz: Soviet ambassador Maisky glimpses East End life Opinion
The Soviet ambassador to London Ivan Maisky was offered a glimpse of life for the capital’s poorest during German bombing raids. In his diaries, published by Oxford historian Prof. Gabriel Gorodetsky, Maisky recounts a warm welcome in the East End.
Oct 14, 2015 13:54
How Churchill attempted to crack the 'riddle' of Russia Opinion
After the signing of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact, the Soviet ambassador to London Ivan Maisky had few friends who grasped Russia’s motives. Churchill, as Maisky revealed in his diaries, published by Oxford historian Prof. Gabriel Gorodetsky, knew better.
Oct 10, 2015 11:02
Hitler invades Russia: Soviet ambassador Maisky’s view from London Opinion
Stalin’s disastrous miscalculation of Hitler led to the shock German invasion of Russia in 1941. In his diaries, published by Israeli-born Oxford historian Prof. Gabriel Gorodetsky, Soviet ambassador to London Ivan Maisky describes receiving the news.
Oct 6, 2015 12:52
Maisky the pariah: Nazi-Soviet pact & outbreak of war Opinion
Moscow had just signed the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact when Britain declared war on Germany. In his diaries, published by Israeli-born Oxford historian Prof. Gabriel Gorodetsky, Soviet ambassador to London Ivan Maisky described a frosty Westminster reception.
Oct 3, 2015 11:55
‘Man of clay’: Maisky’s encounters with Anthony Eden Opinion
The interwar Soviet ambassador to the UK had a unique perspective on Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden’s early overtures with Moscow. In this extract from Ivan Maisky’s newly published diaries, Israeli-born Oxford historian Prof. Gabriel Gorodetsky offers fresh insight.
Sep 29, 2015 15:27
Maisky & Royalty: The death of King George V Opinion
During his career as Soviet ambassador to London, Ivan Maisky rubbed shoulders with statesman and royalty alike. Israeli-born Oxford historian Prof Gabriel Gorodetsky offers a unique perspective on the 1936 death of King George V.
Sep 27, 2015 15:06
Red Ambassador: Wartime diaries of Soviet diplomat Ivan Maisky published in English Opinion
Ivan Maisky, Moscow’s wartime ambassador to London, witnessed a tumultuous era of East-West relations from a unique perspective. Israeli-born Oxford historian Prof Gabriel Gorodetsky introduces Maisky’s diaries, translated into English for the first time.
Sep 22, 2015 16:19

Red Ambassador’s London Diaries: 1930s to WWII

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