The Prime Minister
The Office And Its Holders Since 1945
$60.11
- Paperback
752 pages
- Release Date
6 September 2001
Summary
In this major study, Peter Hennessy explores the formal powers of the Prime Minister and how each incumbent has made the job his or her own. Drawing on unparalleled access to many of the leading figures, as well as the key civil servants and journalists of each period, he has built up a picture of the hidden nexus of influence and patronage surrounding the office. From recently declassified archival material he reconstructs, often for the first time, precise prime ministerial attitudes towards the key issues of peace and war. He concludes with a controversial assessment of the relative performance of each Prime Minister since 1945 and a new specification for the premiership as it enters its fourth century.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140283938 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140283935 |
| Author: | Peter Hennessy |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 752 |
| Release Date: | 6 September 2001 |
| Weight: | 542g |
| Dimensions: | 44mm x 130mm x 200mm |
Peter Hennessy
Peter Hennessy is Attlee Professor of History at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. Among many other books, he is the author of Whitehall and Never Again: Britain 1945-1951. Never Again won the NCR Award for Non-Fiction and the Duff Cooper Prize in 1993.
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