| Description |
424 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Whitehall histories. Foreign and Commonwealth Office publications, 1471-2083 |
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Whitehall histories. Foreign and Commonwealth Office publications. 1471-2083
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| Contents |
1. Behind Barbed Wire -- 2. A European Education -- 3. POW Camp 300 -- 4. Captive Audience -- 5. Nissen-Hut University -- 6. From the Waste Land -- 7. Sheets and Dances and Tough Talk -- 8. The Captains and the Kings Depart -- 9. Teach the Free Man -- 10. Goodbye to All That? -- 11. Aspiring Dreams -- 12. Stately Home -- 13. Threat -- 14. New Look -- 15. New World -- 16. Democracy in Aristocratic Dress -- 17. Headhunting -- 18. Warden Emeritus -- 19. New Regime -- 20. Where There's a Will -- 21. Most Unkindest Cuts -- 22. Ructions and Resignations -- 23. New Broom -- 24. Forty Years On -- 25. Luxury -- 26. New Status -- 27. Continuity |
| Summary |
"Wilton Park is not a stately home. It was once. In World War II it became a secret camp for interrogating enemy generals. But it took on its true, unique role in 1946 as a training centre for German prisoners-of-war." "Later, it carried out the civic education of civilians due to help run post-war Germany. Before long, it opened its doors to high-flyers from other European countries, the United States and the rest of the world. It still flourishes as a forum in which policy makers and opinion formers from politics, government, business and the professions discuss in private the best ways of solving international problems and increasing understanding."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Wilton Park (Conference Center) -- History.
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| LC no. |
2003040946 |
| ISBN |
0714654337 |
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