Going on My Own: 20th Century Legal Tales: A Memoir of Life As An International Lawyer

From modest beginnings within a family of European immigrants struggling through the Great Depression in the boroughs of New York City, Robert Layton learned valuable lessons early on that charted a course in his life as a Yale Law School graduate and a prestigious career in international law. Coming of age in a time of war, American idealism, and radical societal upheaval, his ethics are forged and his world view is expanded.In this memoir, he relates tales of a life well spent and well regarded. Framed within the era-defining, historical context of events such as the testing of the hydrogen bomb in 1955 on Eniwetok Atoll in the South Pacific and work in the Department of Justice during the turbulence of the early 60’s, and onto his work on four continents over a career spanning nearly four decades, his life is presented amidst the backdrop of a rapidly changing world.