Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Orwell Prize for Political Writing | 2017 | Winner |
About This Book
The definitive biography of Clement Attlee, the Labour prime minister who led Britain through the post-war rebuilding and created the National Health Service, the modern welfare state, and the framework of post-colonial British foreign policy. John Bew presents a fully human portrait of a man often dismissed as dull, revealing the principled and surprisingly radical vision behind Attlee's quiet exterior.
About the Author
John Bew is a British historian and policy adviser. He is Professor of History and Foreign Policy at the War Studies Department of King's College London and was a senior foreign policy adviser to the British government. He studied history at Trinity College, Cambridge, and has written extensively on British political history, foreign policy, and the history of political thought. Read more →
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