Attlee's great contemporaries : the politics of character / / edited by Frank Field ; afterword by Peter Hennessy

• Autore: Attlee C. R (Clement Richard), <1883-1967.>
• Pubblicazione: London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2009; ©2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (239 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.092241
• Soggetto topico: Statesmen - Great Britain - History - 20th centurty; Political leadership; Socialism
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Politics and government 1945-1964
• Persona (resp. second.): FieldFrank <1942->; HennessyPeter
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Top ; 20. 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
• Sommario/riassunto: In 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Attlee's great contemporaries
• ISBN: 1-282-87382-2; 9786612873829; 1-4411-2944-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785377103321
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