WHAT WERE THE MAJOR POLITICAL SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF ANTH

Eden served on the Western Front and won the Military Cross at Battle of the Somme in 1916. After one attack at Delville Wood, Eden's battalion suffered 394 casualties, of whom 127 were killed. Nearly all the junior officers were either dead or badly wounded and as a result Eden was promoted to adjutant. By the time the war ended, Eden had reached the rank of major.

After the war, Eden was undecided about whether to stay in the army. However after much deliberating, Eden eventually selected a career in politics and eventually in the 1923 General Election he won the Warwick & Leamington constituency for the Conservative party. From this point on, his political career began to flourish. In parliament, he showed a keen in foreign and defence affairs, and three years later he was appointed parliamentary private secr

In the National government formed by Ramsay McDonald in 1931, Anthony Eden became Under – Secretary for Foreign Affairs (1931 – 1934). It was also during this period that Eden spent much of his time in Geneva pursuing his interest in the League of Nations, and it is fair to say that this paid off, because in 1935 under Stanley Baldwin’s third government, Eden was appointed Minister for League of Nations Affairs. It was recognised and clearly noticeable that Anthony Eden was a passionate advocator of the Leagues principles and in time, proved himself to be an excellent diplomat and negotiator. With the recognisable skills, it wasn’t long before he was made Foreign Secretary, a feat he achieved at the age of thirty eight.

When Eden resigned as Foreign Minister for the Chamberlain government in 1938, though he remained in background politics, it wasn’t until the onset of world war two that he returned to the forefront of British politics. On rejoining the government, Eden had to settle with the role of (Commonwealth) Dominions Secretary, as Winston Churchill was given the seat in Chamberlains war cabinet. This was a frustrating time in Eden’s career. ‘For a former Foreign Secretary it was humiliating to be denied Cabinet status, particularly when such a relative nonentity as Leslie Hore - Belisha had full membership.’

Loke in earlier days, Eden still held a firm interest in the Middle East. This did not go unnoticed and in July, Churchill appointed Eden as Chairman of the Middle East Committee. This was a move that would see Eden clash on many issues.

etary to Austin Chamberlain at the Foreign Office. A post he held until the government lost power in 1929.

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