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Attlee
Profiles In Power Series
Author: Pearce Robert
Language: EnglishSubject for Attlee:
Keywords
clement; labour; ranks; hugh; gaitskell; gordon; walker; dalton; transport; house; Family Law Firm; Joint Industrial Council; Britain's Relative Economic Decline; Tin Whistle; Labour Leader; Gordon Walker; Superb; Secretary Of State; Dad's Army; Agnostic; Younger Man; Labour Representation Committee; LCC; Clement Attlee; Wartime Consensus; Electoral Truce; Keynes; Round Table; Round Table Conferences; Mr Attlee; War Cabinet; TUC's Economic Committee; World Disarmament Conference; End Unity; Prep
· 13.8x21.6 cm · Hardback
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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 indecision, and a uniquely moral vision.