Attlee's Great Contemporaries The Politics of Character

by Field, Frank

• ISBN13: 9780826432247
• ISBN10: 0826432247
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-05-28
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

A collection of Clement Attlee's writings brought together by Frank Field MP that comment on political leadership today.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. xi
Introductory essay: a social democrat in action	p. xiii
Lansbury of London, Observer, December 30, 1951	p. 1
The King I Knew, Observer, February 10, 1952	p. 5
Truth About the War, The National and English Review, January, 1954	p. 9
The Pleasure of Books, The National and English Review, January, 1954	p. 15
Good Patriot and Bad Politician, The National and English Review, November, 1955	p. 23
Keir Hardie, Observer, August 12, 1956	p. 27
England My England, Observer, November 25, 1956	p. 31
Blue Stocking in Action, The Times, January 22, 1958	p. 35
A Good Man, The National and English Review, November, 1958	p. 39
Montgomery: My Assessment, Observer, November 2, 1958	p. 45
George Lansbury: Man of His Day, The Times, February 20, 1959	p. 59
Mr. Churchill's Eden, Observer, June 21, 1959	p. 65
The Role of the Monarchy, Observer, August 23, 1959	p. 69
The Hiroshima Choice, Observer, August 23, 1959	p. 79
An American 'Statesman of the Century', Observer, October 18, 1959	p. 83
Uncle Fred Looks Back, Observer, October 25, 1959	p. 89
Jumping the Gun, Observer, November 1, 1959	p. 93
What Sort of Man Gets to the Top?, Observer, February 7, 1960	p. 103
Flaws at the Top, Observer, February 14, 1960	p. 109
A Name for Loyalty, Observer, March 13, 1960	p. 115
A Man of Power, Observer, March 20, 1960	p. 123
An Unextinguished Flame, Observer, November 6, 1960	p. 131
Bevan as Hero, Observer, November 6, 1960	p. 135
Courageous Intellectual, Observer, May 3, 1964	p. 141
She Made Things Hum, Observer, May 3, 1964	p. 145
Toynbee Hall Looks to the Future, The Times, July 2, 1964	p. 147
In the Driver's Seat, Observer, October 18, 1964	p. 151
The Man I Knew, Observer, January 31, 1965	p. 157
Quite Possibly a Classic, Observer, April 4, 1965	p. 165
Mr. Macmillan's Early Political Life and Times, The Times, September 5, 1966	p. 169
Epilogue: Professor Peter Hennessey	p. 175
Index	p. 179
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