Labour Forces from Ernest Bevin to Gordon Brown. (Reviews).(Book Review)(Brief Article)

From: Contemporary Review | Date: June 1, 2003 | Copyright information

Labour Forces from Ernest Bevin to Gordon Brown. Kevin Jeffreys, editor. I. B. Tauris. [pounds sterling]25.00. 258 pages. ISBN 1-86064-743-X. The aim of this collection of biographical essays is to give readers 'fresh and accessible biographical studies of leading figures in the history of Labour politics since the Second World War'. It is also 'partly a history of would-be Labour leaders', those who almost made it--or who have not as yet made it--to the top of the greasy pole. In ...

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