Cliveden set
The Cliveden Set is a group of British politicians headed by Neville Chamberlain who were instrumental in the policy of appeasement towards the fascist states.
The term Cliveden Set was coined by the British journalist Claud Cockburn in the communist newspaper "The Week". The name is derived from Cliveden , a mansion near Taplow west of London and the Astors' country home , where members often met.
This group included, in addition to Neville Chamberlain, Lord Halifax , Samuel Hoare , John Simon , Kingsley Wood , Philip Kerr , Tom Jones , Ernest Brown , Lady Astor and Geoffrey Dawson , the editor-in-chief of the Times .
The American ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy was closely related to the Cliveden Set and was politically influenced in particular by Chamberlain.
There were close contacts with the Anglo-German Fellowship .
literature
- IM Maiski: Memoirs of a Soviet Ambassador. Dietz, Berlin 1967.
- Norman Rose: The Cliveden Set. Portrait of an Exclusive Fraternity. Cape, London 2000, ISBN 0-224-06093-7 .
- Christopher Sykes: Nancy. The Life of Lady Astor. Collins, London 1972, ISBN 0-00-211485-2 .
Web links
- John Taylor: A Reevaluation of Cockburn's Cliveden Set , academic essay. San Francisco State University, 1999,
Individual evidence
- ^ Arthur M. Schlesinger: Robert Kennedy and his times . Ballantine Books 1978, ISBN 0-345-32547-8 , p. 29