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Lost Prime Ministers
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Author : MICHAEL. HILL
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
Lost Prime Ministers written by MICHAEL. HILL and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with categories.
The Lost Prime Ministers
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Author : Michael Hill
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2022-02-22
The Lost Prime Ministers written by Michael Hill and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-22 with History categories.
After John A. Macdonald’s death, four Tory prime ministers — each remarkable but all little known — rose to power and fell in just five years. From 1891 to 1896, between John A. Macdonald’s and Wilfrid Laurier’s tenures, four lesser-known men took on the mantle of leadership. Tory prime ministers John Abbott, John Thompson, Mackenzie Bowell, and Charles Tupper headed the government of Canada in rapid succession. Each came to the job with qualifications and limitations, and each left after unexpectedly short terms. Yet these reluctant prime ministers are an important part of our political legacy. Their roles were much more than caretakers between the administrations of two great leaders. Personal tragedy, terrible health issues, backstabbing, and political manipulation all led to their eventual downfalls. The Lost Prime Ministers is the dramatic saga of these overlooked Canadian leaders.
The Lost Prime Minister
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Author : David Nicholls
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
The Lost Prime Minister written by David Nicholls and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Great Britain categories.
The Lost Leaders
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Author : Edward Pearce
language : en
Publisher: Warner Futura
Release Date : 1998
The Lost Leaders written by Edward Pearce and has been published by Warner Futura this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Great Britain categories.
For every politician who gets to the top, to No.10 Downing Street, there is at least one, sometimes more, who was going to be Prime Minister. THE LOST LEADERS consists of three long biographical essays about the best Prime Ministers we never got. R A Butler, Denis Healey and Iain Macleod had their faults and made their mistakes, but given their sheer ability and essential good judgement, their reaction - by party misjudgement, intrigue or lack of talent for getting, but not doing, the job - robbed us of the best men of their time. Edward Pearce gives a sympathetic account of three fascinating lives. He also looks for the reasons why an obvious high talent is so often rejected for the supreme job. Too rough in Denis Healey's case? Not rough enough in Butler's? Offending the prejudices of the party as Iain Macleod did? Too busy working to plot properly? Too left- wing, not left-wing enough? Too clever by half - or, too clever?
Lord North
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Author : Peter Whiteley
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 1996-07-01
Lord North written by Peter Whiteley and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-07-01 with History categories.
Lord North was in many ways a most successful politician. Prime Minister for an unbroken 12 years, his management of both parliament and of the business of government was adept. He enjoyed the confidence of King George III, not always an easy political ally, avoided factional strife (having no political following of his own), was notably uncorrupt and made virtually no enemies. In many ways he epitomizes the political outlook and aristocratic assumptions of the 18th century. He is, however, principally remembered for presiding over Britain's loss of her colonies. This is an account of his life. It includes a full study of the American War of Independence, examining it from the perspective of the British government as well as from the colonial standpoint. No senior politician had visited America and few had a proper knowledge or understanding of Americans. Too often the colonists were regarded as unruly and ungrateful children, with whom compromise was either a sign of weakness or the betrayal of the principle of parliamentary sovereignty. High-mindedness contributed to the final humiliation, as did ignorant over-confidence. Military defeat, to a country that become preeminent in Europe by the end of the Seven Years War, was not entertained as a possibility.
The Lost Prime Minister
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Author : David Nicholls
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 1995-01-01
The Lost Prime Minister written by David Nicholls and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-01-01 with History categories.
Sir Charles Dilke's claim to a leading place in the pantheon of Victorian radicalism, with Cobden, Bright and Chamberlain, has been overshadowed by the sensational divorce case in 1886 that ruined his career. Yet his political abilities were great and his career a most remarkable one. He was regarded by many of his contemporaries as a likely successor to Gladstone and a probable future Prime Minister. It can be argued that his political eclipse was a crucial contributing factor to the Liberal Party's failure to provide a viable alternative to the rise of the Labour Party. This is the first new biography of Dilke since Roy Jenkins' Sir Charles Dilke: A Victorian Tragedy, published in 1958. David Nicholls has used substantial new material to provide what is likely to be the definitive work on Dilke, shedding new light on his character, personal life and political career, as well as on the famous divorce scandal. This highly readable book is both an account of a remarkable man and an important contribution to the understanding of Victorian politics.
The Great Man
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Author : Edward Pearce
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-03-01
The Great Man written by Edward Pearce and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The year 1721 has many splendours: great houses built by William Kent, fine pictures and the fruits of commerce. But there are also thirteen public hanging days a year, drunkenness is endemic, organised crime rampages through the streets. And politics are ferocious. Only a generation earlier, The Pretender failed to take the Crown; the new King is cursed as a damned foreigner; James's followers - the Jacobites - conspire and are persecuted; the South Sea Bubble collapses.Robert Walpole, once imprisoned for financial chicanery, assumes political control and becomes 'Prime Minister'. He personally detects a Jacobite plot, is dismissed in 1727 on the death of George I, recruits the new King's clever wife, Caroline, and bounces cheerfully back. Coarse, corrupt and cynical, Walpole dominates King, Parliament and Government until 1742. This is Mr Worldywiseman, keeping England out of war for twenty years and setting up a stable and growing economy. All politics of a kind we can recognise today begin with Robert Walpole. And here, in Edward Pearce's elegant book, he is brought vividly back to life.
The Prime Minister Is Missing
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Author : Christopher Evans
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989-06-01
The Prime Minister Is Missing written by Christopher Evans and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-06-01 with categories.
The Prime Ministers We Never Had
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Author : Steve Richards
language : en
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Release Date : 2021-09-02
The Prime Ministers We Never Had written by Steve Richards and has been published by Atlantic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-02 with Political Science categories.
BOOK OF THE YEAR, The Times, Guardian and Prospect Was Harold Wilson a bigger figure than Denis Healey? Was John Major more 'prime ministerial' than Michael Heseltine? Would David Miliband have become prime minister if it were not for his brother Ed? Would Ed have become prime minister if it were not for David? How close did Jeremy Corbyn come to being prime minister? In this piercing and original study, journalist and commentator Steve Richards looks at eleven prime ministers we never had, examining what made each of these illustrious figures unique and why they failed to make the final leap to the very top. Combining astute insights into the demands of leadership with compelling historical analysis, this fascinating exploration of failure and success sheds new light on some of the most compelling characters in British public life.
Presidents Parties And Prime Ministers
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Author : David J. Samuels
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2010-05-17
Presidents Parties And Prime Ministers written by David J. Samuels and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-17 with Political Science categories.
This book provides a framework for analyzing the impact of the separation of powers on party politics. Conventional political science wisdom assumes that democracy is impossible without political parties, because parties fulfil all the key functions of democratic governance. They nominate candidates, coordinate campaigns, aggregate interests, formulate and implement policy, and manage government power. When scholars first asserted the essential connection between parties and democracy, most of the world's democracies were parliamentary. Yet by the dawn of the twenty-first century, most democracies had directly elected presidents. David J. Samuels and Matthew S. Shugart provide a theoretical framework for analyzing variation in the relationships among presidents, parties, and prime ministers across the world's democracies, revealing the important ways that the separation of powers alters party organization and behavior - thereby changing the nature of democratic representation and accountability.