Although he had left school aged fourteen, had no experience of foreign affairs and spoke only English, in 1929 Sean Lester became the Irish representative to the League of Nations in Geneva, eventually succeeding to the post of its third and last Secretary-General. In his dairies he witnessed many dark chapters of European history in the 1930s and 1940s.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword by Michael Moller, Acting Director-General, United Nations Headquarters, Geneva
Introduction
1. A Brief Account of Recent Irish history
2. Who Was Sean Lester?
3. The Diplomat
4. The Manchurian Question
5. Latin American Matters
6. Disarmament and Finance
7. Secretariat Appointments
8. Minority Questions
9. Appointed High Commissioner in Danzig
10. Danzig, 1933 and 1934
11. Danzig, 1935
12. Danzig, 1936 and Beyond
13. Ethiopia/Abyssinia
14. Deputy Secretary-General, 1937-1940
15. War Begins, 1939
16. The Summer of 1940
17. Becoming Secretary-General
18. The End of the League
Bibliography
Index
