"Interesting Memoir",
a review by Carroll Quigley in The Washington Sunday Star,
March 25, 1963,
of a book:
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE: 1939-1946,
by Richard Gardiner Casey, [Life] Baron Casey of Berwick in the
State of Victoria and the Commonwealth of Australia, and of the City of
Westminster.
New York: David McKay, 1963
"Interesting Memoir"
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE: 1939-1946.
By Rt. Hon. Lord Casey
(David McKay; $5.75)
These reminiscences and diaries of the
Australian statesman, Richard G. Casey, cover the period from his
fiftieth to his fifty-sixth year, during which he served three
administrative posts which had never previously been held by an
Australian: (1) first Australian Minister in Washington (1940-1942), (2)
Member of the British War Cabinet and Minister of State in the Middle
East (1942-1942), (3) Governor of Bengal (1944-1946). Lord Casey's
ability and personal charm are fully conveyed through his informal
style, but no significant state secrets are revealed. The final sentence
says, ... “over the war years, there were some things that I would have
done differently, but wild horses would not drag out of me what they
were.” In spite of this reticence, a number of enlightening incidents
are recorded for the two years in Cairo, and an excellent account is
given of the troubles of Bengal in the final years of British rule in
India.
--Carroll Quigley
Scan of
original review
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