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Wickham Steed - Greatest Journalist of his Times (Paperback, New edition)
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Wickham Steed - Greatest Journalist of his Times (Paperback, New edition)
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Hailed as "the greatest journalist of his time" Henry Wickham Steed
(1871-1956) was editor-in-chief of The Times after World War I,
having been its foreign editor since 1914, and, previously, its
correspondent in Berlin, Vienna and Rome. "Spiritual godfather" of
the post-Habsburg new states he was long acknowledged as the
world's greatest authority on Central Europe. In the 1930s, he
stood at the forefront of the anti-appeasement camp and, in World
War II, was the BBC's Overseas Services chief broadcaster.
Contemporaries remarked upon Steed's impressive appearance,
prodigious command of foreign languages, and extraordinary network
of connections in high places. He was also a paradoxical
personality of a liberal outlook and conservative disposition, torn
too by complex personal relationships. Lionized abroad but
denounced at home, Steed remained an outsider even as he reached
the pinnacle of success in his chosen profession and exerted a
significant influence on his times. "Steed is a fascinating
character, who moved easily and influentially between the worlds of
journalism, diplomacy and academia [...]. It has been a long wait
for a biography, but this one is so thorough and definitive that I
am sure it will be a long wait before a rival emerges." Prof. Tom
Buchanan, University of Oxford "This work constitutes the first
biography of Wickham Steed who, [...] was a seminal figure within
the media and political worlds of both Britain and Europe during
the earlier half of the twentieth century. [...] Beyond offering us
a personal history of a fascinating and highly influential figure,
the author provides us with fresh insights into both British
domestic politics and high society and the international diplomacy
of a particularly turbulent era." Prof. Conan Fischer, University
of St. Andrews
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