LEADER 03538nam 2200661 450 001 9910814325203321 005 20230721013624.0 010 $a1-282-87382-2 010 $a9786612873829 010 $a1-4411-2944-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000055187 035 $a(EBL)601730 035 $a(OCoLC)676696979 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000412338 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12183338 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412338 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10366334 035 $a(PQKB)10038996 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC601730 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5309539 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5309539 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11518507 035 $a(OCoLC)1027150058 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000055187 100 $a20180315h20092009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAttlee's great contemporaries $ethe politics of character /$fedited by Frank Field ; afterword by Peter Hennessy 210 1$aLondon, [England] ;$aNew York, New York :$cContinuum,$d2009. 210 4$dİ2009 215 $a1 online resource (239 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8264-3224-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Top 327 $a20. 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; Index 330 $aIn 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 606 $aStatesmen$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th centurty 606 $aPolitical leadership 606 $aSocialism 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1945-1964 615 0$aStatesmen$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical leadership. 615 0$aSocialism. 676 $a320.092241 700 $aAttlee$b C. R$g(Clement Richard),$f1883-1967.$01615343 702 $aField$b Frank$f1942- 702 $aHennessy$b Peter 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814325203321 996 $aAttlee's great contemporaries$93945494 997 $aUNINA