Modern British Prime Ministers from Balfour to Johnson: Volume Two

ISBN-13: 9780367469177 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 330 str.

Dick Leonard

Opis

Dick Leonard’s Modern British Prime Ministers from Balfour to Johnson surveys the lives and careers of all the 24 Prime Ministers from Arthur Balfour to Boris Johnson in succinct, informative and entertaining chapters.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Arthur Balfour: Bob’s your Uncle  2. Henry Campbell-Bannerman: "a good, honest Scotchman"  3. H. H. Asquith: Not quite in the Gladstone mould  4. David Lloyd George: "a dynamic force"  5. Andrew Bonar Law: Tory Puritan  6. Stanley Baldwin: "a man of the most utter insignificance"?  7. Ramsay MacDonald: An ‘aristocrat’ among plain men?  8. Neville Chamberlain: A family affair  9. Winston Churchill: His Finest Hour  10. Clement Attlee: Quiet Revolutionary  11. Anthony Eden: Self-destruction of a Prince Charming  12. Harold Macmillan: Idealist into Manipulator  13. Alec Douglas-Home: Right man, wrong Century?  14. Harold Wilson: Master - or victim - of the short term  15. Edward Heath: Cheerleader for Europe  16. James Callaghan: Labour's conservative  17. Margaret Thatcher: Grocer’s daughter to Iron Lady  18. John Major: "Thatcherism with a human face"  19. Tony Blair: Fallen idol  20. Gordon Brown: Dominant Chancellor, uncertain Premier  21. David Cameron: The accidental architect of Brexit  22. Theresa May: "a bloody difficult woman"?  23. Boris Johnson: Statesman or Buffoon?

O autorze

Dick Leonard was a journalist, historian and Member of Parliament. He spent the last two decades writing biographies of all the British Prime Ministers from Walpole to Johnson. He was Assistant Editor of The Economist for 12 years, and also worked for The Observer , the BBC, and the Fabian Society. There is a detailed description of Dick Leonard’s work, life and legacy available at www.markleonard.eu/dickleonard