Clem Attlee - Labour''s Great Reformer

Beckett compelling shows Attlee's relevance to a new political generation in this new edition of his acclaimed biography of the man he argues was Britain's greatest ever reforming Prime Minister.

List of contents

Acknowledgements

 

Introduction

1. Two nations

2. Mr Attlee makes himself indispensable

3. Major Attlee’s return to Limehouse

4. Disillusion

5. Leader of the Opposition

6. Mr Attlee has a word with the PM

7. The Prime Minister disposes

8. The Cold War and the beginning of the end of Empire

9. One nation: Building Jerusalem

10. Austerity Attlee

11. An Earl and a Knight of the Garter

 

A note on sources

Index

About the author

Francis Beckett is an author, journalist, playwright, and contemporary historian. His eighteen books include biographies of four prime ministers.

Summary

Beckett compelling shows Attlee's relevance to a new political generation in this new edition of his acclaimed biography of the man he argues was Britain's greatest ever reforming Prime Minister.

Product details

• Authors: Francis Beckett, Beckett Francis
• Publisher: Haus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2015
• EAN: 9781910376058
• ISBN: 978-1-910376-05-8
• No. of pages: 420
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Political leaders & leadership, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1950 to c 1959, Biography: historical, political and military, Political leaders and leadership, C 1945 To C 1960