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1 online resource (217 pages) |
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Profiles In Power |
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Profiles In Power
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Dedication; Introduction Images of Attlee; Chapter 1 The Child and the Man; Attlee's Character: the Insider-Outsider; Chapter 2 Attlee's Apprenticeship, 1905-31; Social Work and Socialism; The First World War; Local Government; Member of Parliament, 1922-29; The Simon Commission; Labour Government 1929-31; Chapter 3 The Rise to the Leadership, 1931-35; The Labour Opposition, 1931-35; The Policy Debate; The Acting Leadership; The 1935 General Election and the Leadership Contest |
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Chapter 4 Attlee and Appeasement, 1935-40Attlee as Labour Leader; Domestic Affairs; Foreign Policy up to 1937; Foreign Policy, 1937-39; Attlee's Foreign Policy: an Assessment; Labour and the 'Phoney War'; Chapter 5 Attlee's War; Attlee as Minister; Attlee and Churchill; Attlee and Labour; The End of the Coalition; Chapter 6 Elections and the Premierships; The 1945 General Election; Attlee and Cabinet Making; Attlee as Prime Minister; The 1950 Election; Attlee's Second Administration; The 1951 Election; Chapter 7 Attlee's Governments, 1945-51: Domestic Affairs; The Economy; The Welfare State |
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OmissionsChapter 8 Attlee's Governments, 1945-51: Foreign and Imperial Affairs; Foreign Affairs; Imperial Affairs; Chapter 9 Anti-Climax: Opposition and After, 1951-67; Party Leader, 1951-55; 1955: General Election and Resignation; Retirement, 1955-67; Conclusion Attlee in Perspective; Further Reading; Chronology; Index |
| Summary |
Attlee is undoubtedly one of the key figures in modern British history. An important figure in Churchill's War Cabinet, and premier of the first majority Labour Government, he created the Welfare State, nationalised a substantial part of industry and secured the independence of India. Yet his political stature remains unresolved. Was he Churchill's ""modest man with much to be modest about"" who squandered the fruits of victory, or, as many now claim, one of the truly great prime ministers? Robert Pearce's lucid and drily amusing study goes behind the stern exterior to find ambition and indeci |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967.
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Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967 fast |
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Labour Party (Great Britain) -- Biography
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Labour Party (Great Britain) fast |
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Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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Politics and government
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Prime ministers
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056915
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317890362 |
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1317890361 |
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