Clem Attlee by Francis Beckett
As British prime minister from 1945 to 1951, Clement Attlee built a legacy that includes today s famous and controversial National Health Service, yet he is often remembered as a rather dull political figure. Rejecting Winston Churchill s jibe that Attlee was a modest little man with plenty to be modest about, this biography makes the case that his reputation as Britain s greatest reforming prime minister is fully deserved.Building on his earlier work on Attlee and including new research and stories, many of which are published here for the first time, Francis Beckett highlights Attlee s relevance for a new generation. A poet and dreamer, Attlee led a remarkable political life that saw, among other challenges, the beginning of the Cold War. Ultimately, this perceptive biography demonstrates that Attlee s ideas have never been more relevant.
Francis Beckett is a contemporary historian, author, journalist, dramatist, and playwright. His eighteen works include biographies of four Prime Ministers, the first of which is about Clement Attlee, his own political hero. He's written for a number of national publications, but he's best known for his work for the Guardian, where he was a regular feature writer and reviewer for many years. His plays have been broadcast on the radio and performed at the London Fringe Festival. He is the current editor of Third Age Matters, the national journal published by the University of the Third Age. He is a former president of the National Union of Journalists and a Labour Party and trade union press officer and editor.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781860661013 |
| ISBN 10 | 1860661017 |
| Title | Clem Attlee |
| Author | Francis Beckett |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | John Blake Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 1998-01-03 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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