Lieutenant General Sir John Kiszely KCB, MC, DL, tells the story of General Lord Ismay, whose name is little known today, but who participated, and was witness to, decision-making at the highest level of government, before, during and after the Second World War.

As wartime chief staff officer to Prime Minister Winston Churchill, he became a close confidant and rarely left Churchill`s side, whether in Britain or abroad at international conferences. He was instrumental in conciliating the sometimes fractious relationship between the Prime Minister and the Service Chiefs of Staff.

In 1947 Ismay went to India as chief of staff to the Viceroy, Lord Mountbatten, and was closely involved in the drama of Partition. His career culminated as the first Secretary General of NATO from 1952 to 1957 where he was instrumental in building the foundations of the Alliance and preserving its unity and cohesion at the height of the Cold Wa

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