This book is a collection of diplomatic documents describing the development of British relations with the Nordic countries between the end of the Second World War and the defeat of the Labour Government in 1951. 'By taking their readers from fears of Soviet aggression in the Nordic countries in the closing stages of the Second World War to the western embrace of the Scandinavians in the Atlantic Treaty, the editors of this FCO volume have done what they always do in selecting those documents which enthral and epitomize.' - James Ellison, International Affairs, Vol. 87, 6, November 2011