The scent of eucalyptus
Subtitle: a journal of colonial and foreign service
By: Richard Posnett.
Publisher: Radcliffe Press; Distributed in US and Canada by St. Martin's Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
Subjects: Posnett, Richard, 1919-; Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office -- Biography.; Colonial administrators -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Diplomats -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century.; Uganda -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Uganda.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-258) and index.
Table of contents: title: The scent of eucalyptus: Childhood in India ; Boyhood in England and Germany ; Flying; title: Africa, first footsteps: Uganda ; A look back; title: District officer: Sleeping sickness; title: Outstation: The missionaries ; Rabies; title: Ruwenzori: the Portal peaks; title: Safari; title: Law and order; title: Congo; title: Flying boats and a transfer: Moyo ; Jinja ; Ruwenzori, Mount Gessi; title: Lawyer: A road and a revolt ; A legal career?; title: Buganda and the Kabaka: Self-rule, tribe or state?; title: New horizons: Olympics ; Skis on the equator ; Whitehall; title: Independence for Uganda: Foreign affairs ; Kilimanjaro; title: United Nations: Pacific Islands ; Anguilla; title: Belize: The Guatemalan claim; title: Mr. Price's country: A new capital and old trees ; Hurricans and an earthquake; title: A governor's life: Central America ; The death penalty ; Naval occasions ; A royal visit ; Showdown with Guatemala; title: Ocean Island; title: Uganda: a tyrant overthrown; title: High commission; title: Atlantic episode; title: The new Romans; title: Homecoming: Return to India ; Kotagiri ; Mother India.