03435nam 2200649 450 991045943030332120200520144314.01-282-87382-297866128738291-4411-2944-8(CKB)2670000000055187(EBL)601730(OCoLC)676696979(SSID)ssj0000412338(PQKBManifestationID)12183338(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412338(PQKBWorkID)10366334(PQKB)10038996(MiAaPQ)EBC601730(MiAaPQ)EBC5309539(Au-PeEL)EBL5309539(CaPaEBR)ebr11518507(OCoLC)1027150058(EXLCZ)99267000000005518720180315h20092009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAttlee's great contemporaries the politics of character /edited by Frank Field ; afterword by Peter HennessyLondon, [England] ;New York, New York :Continuum,2009.©20091 online resource (239 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8264-3224-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgements; Introductory essay: a social democrat in action; 1. Lansbury of London, Observer; 2. The King I Knew; 3. Truth About the War; 4. The Pleasure of Books; 5. Good Patriot and Bad Politician; 6. Keir Hardie; 7. England My England; 8. Blue Stocking in Action; 9. A Good Man; 10. Montgomery: My Assessment; 11. George Lansbury: Man of His Day; 12. Mr. Churchill's Eden; 13. The Role of the Monarchy; 14. The Hiroshima Choice; 15. An American 'Statesman of the Century'; 16. Uncle Fred Looks Back; 17. Jumping the Gun; 18. What Sort of Man Gets to the Top?; 19. Flaws at the Top20. A Name for Loyalty21. A Man of Power; 22. An Unextinguished Flame; 23. Bevan as Hero; 24. Courageous Intellectual; 25. She Made Things Hum; 26. Toynbee Hall Looks to the Future; 27. In the Driver's Seat; 28. The Man I Knew; 29. Quite Possibly a Classic; 30. Mr. Macmillan's Early Political Life and Times; Epilogue: Professor Peter Hennessey; IndexIn 1946, Clement Attlee came to power as Labour Prime Minister with a huge landslide majority. Under his leadership, some of the greatest reforms were initiated, not least the founding of The National Health Service. Attlee had a firm vision of a more just and equitable society, which the nation wanted. This firm vision is something that attracts Frank Field. To Field, Attlee is a hero. After retirement, Clement Attlee wrote a masterly series of profiles of his great contemporaries, many published at the time in The Observer. These are now collected together in a book for the first time. They StatesmenGreat BritainHistory20th centurtyPolitical leadershipSocialismElectronic books.StatesmenHistoryPolitical leadership.Socialism.320.092241Field Frank1942-Hennessy PeterMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459430303321Attlee's great contemporaries1913549UNINA