About the author

PATRICK SALMON is Chief Historian at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. He was formerly Professor of International History at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Foreign Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. His publications include Scandinavia and the Great Powers 1890–1940 (1997), Deadlock and Diversion: Scandinavia in British Strategy during the Twilight War 1939–1940 (2012) and several volumes in the series Documents on British Policy Overseas (DBPO), including German Unification, 1989–1990 (2009), The Challenge of Apartheid: UK–South African Relations, 1985–1986 (2017) and The Unwinding of Apartheid: UK– South African Relations, 1986–1990 (2019).