Tony Benn
A Biography
Published on 31. October 2011
560 pages
978-1-84954-256-2 (ISBN)
Description
Tony Benn has been portrayed as both hero and villain, as a creative and as a destructive force. This comprehensively revised edition of Jad Adams's classic biography, is written with unparalleled access to Benn's private records, and describes the long and turbulent career of one of the most charismatic politicians of the last hundred years. The first biography to have been written with full access to the Benn archives chronicles the behind-the-scenes story of Benn's bitter battles with every leader of the Labour Party since Gaitskell. It details his service in the governments of Wilson and Callaghan, his role as a champion of the left during the Labour Party's long period in opposition, his retirement from Parliament, to spend more time involved in politics in 2001, and his subsequent emergence as a leading figure of the British opposition to the war in Iraq.
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Jad Adams
Tony Benn a Biography
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06/2011
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Jad Adams is a historian, writer and broadcaster. His books include Hideous Absinthe: History of the Devil in a Bottle (2004) and biographies of Gandhi, Rudyard Kipling, Emmeline Pankhurst, and the Nehru dynasty.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 : CHILDHOOD AND FAMILY
- 2 : WESTMINSTER SCHOOL
- 3 : THE OXFORD UNION AND WAR SERVICE
- 4 : TOURING THE USA
- 5 : CAROLINE BENN
- 6 : INTO PARLIAMENT WITH BRISTOL SOUTH-EAST
- 7 : NEW BOY AT THE HOUSE
- 8 : THE COLD WAR AND COLONIAL FREEDOM
- 9 : A FIRST ASSAULT ON THE PEERAGE
- 10 : THE SUEZ CAMPAIGN
- 11 : FRONT BENCHER
- 12 : BREAKING WITH GAITSKELL
- 13 : EXPELLED FROM THE COMMONS
- 14 : CHALLENGING THE CONSTITUTION
- 15 : THE ELECTION COURT
- 16 : POLITICAL LIMBO
- 17 : BACK VICTORIOUS
- 18 : THE TORIES IN DECLINE
- 19 : THE MODERNISING POSTMASTER GENERAL
- 20 : STAMPS AND PIRATES
- 21 : TECHNOLOGY EVANGELIST
- 22 : THE COMMON MARKET AND CONCORDE
- 23 : RADICAL CLARION
- 24 : TECHNOLOGY TURNS SOUR
- 25 : 'CITIZEN BENN'
- 26 : PARTY CHAIRMAN
- 27 : 'THE WEDGIE MAN'
- 28 : WILSON ATTACKS
- 29 : SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENERGY
- 30 : THE BATTLE FOR THE LABOUR PARTY
- 31 : THE DEPUTY LEADERSHIP ELECTION
- 32 : THE FALKLANDS WAR
- 33 : DEFEAT IN BRISTOL
- 34 : CHESTERFIELD AND THE MINERS' STRIKE
- 35 : 'SPEAKING OUT FOR SOCIALISM IN THE EIGHTIES'
- 36 : THE BENN RENAISSANCE
- 37 : PARADE OF TEARS
- 38 : MORE TIME
- 39 : AN ASSESSMENT
- REFERENCES
- INDEX
- A, B, C
- D, E, F
- G, H, I
- J, K, L
- M, N, O
- P, Q, R
- S, T, U
- V, W, X
- Y, Z
- Plates
- Copyright
