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Author:
Bew, John, author.
Title:
Clement Attlee : the man who made modern Britain / John Bew.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
xviii, 670 pages, [16] pages of plate : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Attlee, C. R.--(Clement Richard),--1883-1967.
Labour Party (Great Britain)--Biography.
Attlee, C. R.--(Clement Richard),--1883-1967.
Labour Party (Great Britain)
Prime ministers--Great Britain--Biography.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1945-1964.
Politics and government.
Prime ministers.
Great Britain.
1945-1964
Biographies.
Biography.
Other Authors:
Related to: Bew, John. Citizen Clem.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Part I. Patriot, citizen, soldier, 1889-1918 -- Introduction: the red flag -- With apologies to Rudyard Kipling -- News from nowhere -- The soldier -- Part II. The making of a politician, 1918-1931 -- Looking backward -- Building Jerusalem -- Fame is the spur -- Part III. Albion's troubles, 1931-1940 -- The Bullion family -- The anti-Cromwell -- The Major Attlee company and the clenched-fist salute -- A word to Winston -- Part IV. Finest hour, 1940-1945 -- All behind you, Winston -- The hunting of the snark -- The invisible man -- Part V. New Jerusalem, New Deal, 1945-1947 -- To hope till hope creates -- English traits, American problems -- The British New Deal -- Empire into commonwealth -- Part VI. After New Jerusalem, 1948-1955 -- In Barchester all is not well -- Taxis, teeth and hospital beds -- The pilgrim's progress -- Part VII. Mission's end, 1955-1967 -- Few thought he was even a starter -- Epilogue: the promised land.
ISBN:
0190203404
9780190203405
OCLC:
(OCoLC)954038344
LCCN:
2016033778
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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