James Barr on George McGhee, American father to Britain’s Suez Crisis

June 6, 2024

James Barr profiles the debonair and open-faced diplomat, George McGhee, whose shuttle diplomacy helped accelerate Britain's decline as a player in the Middle East. Read by Sebastian Brown.

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