F. S. Northedge

Frederick Samuel Northedge (16 October 1918 – 3 March 1985) was a British Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics.

Early life
He attended Bemrose Grammar School in Derby. Northedge then read classics at Merton College, Oxford, before moving on to study international relations at the London School of Economics.

Personal life
The Northedge Essay Competition was established in 1986 to recognize Professor Northedge's contribution to the creation of the journal Millennium.

Selected books

 * The troubled giant; Britain among the great powers, 1916-1939 online
 * Foreign Policies of the Powers (London: Faber and Faber, 1968) online
 * A hundred years of international relations with M.J. Grieve, (1971) online
 * Descent from Power: British Foreign Policy, 1945-1973 (London: Allen & Unwin, 1974) online
 * The International Political System (London: Faber, 1976)
 * Britain and Soviet Communism: The Impact of Revolution (London: Macmillan Press, 1982)
 * The League of Nations: Its Life and Times, 1920-1946 (New York: Holmes and Meier, 1986)