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基本説明
As Deputy Prime Minister during Churchill's wartime coalition and Prime Minister during Labour's creation of the welfare state from 1945 to 1951, Clement Attlee was near the heart of decision-making during the critical decade of the century.
Full Description
This concise thematic biography explores the life and achievement of Clement Attlee. Brookshire shows how Attlee, middle-class and Oxford educated, became a committed socialist while a young social worker in London's East End. He tells the story of Attlee's career from Limehouse to Labour leadership and the premiership during one of the great reforming parliaments. Brookshire explains Attlee's undoctrinaire brand of socialism, which he integratesd successfully with British democracy. He comments favourable on decisive leadership offered by Attlee in the years 1945-51, when Labour expanded social services, nationalized sectors of the economy and developed peacetime economic planning. He also explores Attlee's significant role in foreign affairs over issues such as Indian independence, Britain's involvement of an independent nuclear deterrent, Middle East strategy, and Anglo-American ties in the evolving Cold War. This work draws on new archival material and scholarly studies.
Contents
British socialist and British politician; social services and the economy to 1945; social services and the economy 1945-1951; empire and commonwealth; foreign affairs and defence to 1945; foreign affairs and defence 1945-1951; Attlee's legacy.
