Attlee by Nick Thomas-Symonds

Attlee by Nick Thomas-Symonds

Clement Attlee - the man who created welfare state and decolonised vast swathes of British Empire, including India - has been acclaimed by many as Britains' greatest twentieth-century Prime Minister. This title examines the myths that have arisen around this key figure of British political life and provides a portrait of the man and his politics.

a thoroughly impressive piece of work - authoritative, reliable andperceptive.. This is rightly billed as a 'political biography' and in the realm of politics it is remarkably sure-footed -- Anthony Howard
[a] brisk, well-written and admirably clear-sighted biography -- Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times
Very interesting and well researched. The reader gets a real sense ofAttlee's life and politics, and the portrait of him is well-rounded andnuanced. This biography will be very useful for students seeking to gain a clear understanding of Attlee and marks a useful addition to the canon of Labour history -- Matthew Worley, Lecturer in History, University of Reading
... to paraphrase Churchill, this was unquestionably Labour s finest hour. But how much of this can be attributed to the leadership of Clement Attlee himself? This is the question at the heart of Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds excellent biography. -- Guy Lodge, LSE Review of Books
... goes a long way towards explaining the Attlee enigma -- Vernon Bogdanor, New Statesman

Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds is Lecturer in politics at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a practising barrister.

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ISBN 13	9781780762159
ISBN 10	1780762151
Title	Attlee
Author	Nick Thomas-Symonds
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2012-03-29
Number of pages	352
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