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The Prime Minister: The Office and Its Holders Since 1945
Analyzing the special chemistry of life in Number 10 Downing Street, Peter Hennessy scrutinizes what the Prime Minister actually does and the way that Cabinet government is run. He draws on unprecedented access to many of the leading politicians and also recently declassified, electrifying archival material. He illuminates Prime Ministerial attitudes towards, and authority over, such topics as nuclear weapons policy, the planning and waging of war, and foreign crises from Suez to the Falklands. He concludes with controversial assessments of each Prime Minister's performance and outlines a new profile of the premiership for the 4th century.
Book Details
- Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
- Publish Date: Oct 5th, 2001
- Pages: 688
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.50in - 6.54in - 2.10in - 2.54lb
- EAN: 9780312293130
- Categories: • Comparative Politics• Europe - Great Britain - General• World - European
About the Author
Hennessy, Peter: -
Peter Hennessy is an award winning author of numerous books, including Canada's Big House.
Praise for this book
"...a grand, lively, leisurely, and provocative study of the prime minister's office and its holders..." --Jerry H. Brookshire, Albion
"An entertaining and fiercely researched account by the leading authority on British executive government." --The Economist "One of the most penetrating and entertaining political books of the year." --The Times, London "...the authoritative administrative history of the postwar British premiership." --Publishers Weekly "This study of the office of prime minister ... supersedes everything else written on the subject." --The Observer