Bevan (Life&Times) - Softcover

Beckett, Francis; Beckett, Clare

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904341632 ISBN 13: 9781904341635

Publisher: Haus Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

Aneurin Nye Bevan (1897-1960) was the man who created the National Health Service, the crowning achievement of post-second-world-war Labor government. The son of a miner from Monmouthshire, Wales, he became a local trade union leader at only 19, and won a scholarship to the Central Labour College in London. In 1929, he was elected a Labour MP. Bevan believed that the war was Britain’s opportunity to create a new society, a position he maintained throughout the war. When the war ended, in 1945, the landslide Labor victory gave him the chance to help create it.

About this title

About the Author:

Francis Beckett’s ten books include acclaimed biographies of three earlier premiers - Clement Attlee, Harold Macmillan and Tony Blair. His Clem Attlee, which has been reissued this year, is now the standard work on this most radical of all Labour’s premiers. Beckett was also the commissioning editor of Haus Publishing’s critically acclaimed series The 20 Prime Ministers of the 20th Century published in October 2006.

Review:

'Clare and Francis Beckett have written a short, thoroughly readable and affordable introduction to Bevan's life and politics.' -- Keith Flett Socialist Review 200508

About this edition

• Publisher: Haus Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1904341632
• ISBN 13: 9781904341635
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 167