Callaghan: A Life |
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Kenneth O. Morgan
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Pages: 832 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 0198202164
Pub: Oxford University Press
Pub date: 1997-09-25
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 761496
Reader Reviews:
Studious, Compassionate, Worthy. (6/10 people found this helpful)
Having enjoyed Callaghan's own biography 'Time and Chance', I read this book with keen interest to find out more about a man who I felt had been let down by his own supporters. The book is compssionate towards its subject, authoritative with the events it deals with and adds considerably to recent Labour history.
It is observed by the author that James Callaghan spans the Old and New Labour ideologues. This is a good assessment. Callaghan strides the period of nationalisation, which turns to militancy, and a disorganised party and an unelectable cabinet. In the next few years of leadership 'Callaghan: A Life' covers Callaghan resisting the radicals, such as Benn and Foot, which starts the long transition to the New Party of Tony Blair.
All in all, a worthy study that captures the human side of the struggle one man had against a Union dominated party. Well worth reading!
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