The Benn Diaries - 1940-1990 (Paperback, New Ed Of Abridged Ed)

Those who lack the stamina to work through the six large volumes (so far published) of Tony Benn's diaries, at once intensely personal and political, will be grateful to Ruth Winstone for having condensed them within a single pair of covers. (Kirkus UK)

The Benn Diaries, embracing the years 1940-1990, are already established as a uniquely authoritative, fascinating and readable record of political life. The selected highlights that form this single-volume edition include the most notable events, arguments and personal reflections throughout Benn's long and remarkable career as a leading politician. The narrative starts with Benn as a schoolboy and takes the reader through his youthful wartime experiences as a trainee pilot, his nervous excitement as a new MP during Clement Atlee's premiership and the tribulations of Labour in the 1950s, when the Conservatives were in firm control. It ends with the Tories again in power, but on the eve of Margaret Thatcher's fall, while Tony Benn is on a mission to Baghdad before the impending Gulf War. Over the span of fifty years, the public and private turmoil in British and world politics is recorded as Benn himself moves from wartime service to become the baby of the House, Cabinet Minister, and finally the Commons' most senior Labour Member.

General

Imprint:	Arrow Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2005
Authors:	Tony Benn
Dimensions:	197 x 126 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	682
Edition:	New Ed Of Abridged Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-09-963411-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > General Books > Biography > Historical, political & military Promotions
LSN:	0-09-963411-2
Barcode:	9780099634119

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