The Prime Minister: The Office and Its Holders Since 1945. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)

Albion | March 22, 2003| | Copyright

Peter Hennessy. The Prime Minister: The Office and Its Holders Since 1945. New York: Palgrave. 2001. Pp. xiv, 686. $45.00. ISBN 0-312-29313-5.

Hennessy's book is as nuanced, personal, fascinating, fluid, evolving, and even convoluted as the premiership which he describes. Likewise, just as Hennessy sometimes faults prime ministers' neglect of the big picture by becoming distracted by extraneous matters, he himself wanders into fascinating diversions (Harold Wilson's suspicions of being spied upon, the military details of the 1956 Suez Canal operations, etc.). ...

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