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  • Distilling the Frenzy

    Writing the History of One's Own Timed

    by Peter Hennessy ...
    In Distilling the Frenzy, the UK's leading contemporary historian examines the special considerations that apply to writing the history of one's own times, and revisits the grand themes running through the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. He looks at Britain's persistent impulse to punch well above its weight in the world; at the sustenance of the nuclear weapons policy which has accompanied ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Silent Deep

    The Royal Navy Submarine Service Since 1945

    by James Jinks, Peter Hennessy ...
    'The Ministry of Defence does not comment upon submarine operations' is the standard response of officialdom to enquiries about the most secretive and mysterious of Britain's armed forces, the Royal Navy Submarine Service. Written with unprecedented co-operation from the Service itself and privileged access to documents and personnel, The Silent Deep is the first authoritative history of the ... Read more

    $16.79 USD

  • Having it So Good

    Britain in the Fifties

    by Peter Hennessy ...
    Winner of the Orwell Prize for Political Writing, Peter Hennessy's Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties captures Britain in an extraordinary decade, emerging from the shadow of war into growing affluence.The 1950s was the decade in which Roger Bannister ran the four-minute mile, Bill Haley released 'Rock Around the Clock', rationing ended and Britain embarked on the traumatic, disastrous Suez ... Read more

    $16.79 USD

  • The Question of Scotland

    Devolution and After

    by Tam Dalyell ...
    A former member of the Scottish government takes an in-depth look at the debate over independence and the future of the United—or not—Kingdom.In September 2014, with the Scottish independence referendum, the United Kingdom came close to being broken apart after three centuries as one of the most successful political unions in history. Yet despite a conclusive No vote, the Scottish National Party ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Bonfire of The Decencies

    Repairing and Restoring the British Constitution

    by Peter Hennessy, Andrew Blick ...
    A reflection on the state of democracy and observance of the British constitution in the United Kingdom.In The Bonfire of the Decencies, Peter Hennessy and Andrew Blick use Boris Johnson’s tenure as prime minister to argue that mechanisms for the upholding of constitutional principles in the United Kingdom are deficient and require an overhaul. They show that, from the outset, Johnson’s time in ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

  • States of Emergency

    British Governments and Strikebreaking since 1919

    by Keith Jeffrey, Peter Hennessy ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Economics and Society
    States of Emergency (1983) examines the co-ordinated Government planning in Britain to counter major strikes in vital industries, an effort that began in earnest during the aftermath of the First World War. Contingency planning by Whitehall ministers and officials aims to calculate the point at which trade union demands plunge the country into chaos, and how best to mitigate the effects of ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • On the Back of an Envelope

    A Life in Writing

    by Peter Hennessy ...
    New and selected writings by one of the United Kingdom’s leading contemporary historians.As one of Britain’s foremost constitutional experts and contemporary historians, Peter Hennessy has spent his professional life unpicking the arcane world of Whitehall and Westminster. He began his career as a journalist for the Times, the Economist, and the Financial Times, developing a network of insider ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Reflections

    Conversations with Politicians Volume II

    by Peter Hennessy, Robert Shepherd ...
    Accompanying the acclaimed BBC Radio 4 program, Reflections features interviews with twelve of Britain’s most influential political figures from the last twenty years. Presented by Peter Hennessy, one of the UK’s most renowned historians, each interview not only offers an honest and frank assessment of a political career, but also acts as a biography filled with fresh insights and moments of new ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Winds of Change

    Britain in the Early Sixties

    by Peter Hennessy ...
    Following Never Again and Having It So Good, the third part of Peter Hennessy's celebrated Post-War Trilogy'By far the best study of early Sixties Britain ... so much fun, yet still shrewd and important' The Times, Books of the YearHarold Macmillan famously said in 1960 that the wind of change was blowing over Africa and the remaining British Empire. But it was blowing over Britain too - its ... Read more

    $33.59 USD

  • The Complete Reflections

    Conversations with Politicians

    by Peter Hennessy, Robert Shepherd ...
    On the BBC radio show Reflections with Peter Hennessy, the preeminent historian of British political life interviewed leading figures from the UK’s governing parties during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Bringing together transcripts of the collected interviews for the first time, The Complete Reflections features interviews the biggest names from the Thatcher era, the New ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Power of Civil Servants

    by Peter Hennessy, David Normington ...
    Series series Haus Curiosities
    Throughout Britain, Civil Servants are exposed to public scrutiny today in unprecedented ways. What does it mean that the political neutrality of the Civil Service has only been enshrined in law since 2010, nearly 150 years after it was first proposed? Why is it so important for politicians to trust Civil Servants (and what difficulties arise when they do not)?Coauthored by former First Civil ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • A Duty of Care

    Britain Before and After Covid

    by Peter Hennessy ...
    One of our most celebrated historians shows how we can use the lessons of the past to build a new post-covid society in BritainThe 'duty of care' which the state owes to its citizens is a phrase much used, but what has it actually meant in Britain historically? And what should it mean in the future, once the immediate Covid crisis has passed?In A Duty of Care, Peter Hennessy divides post-war ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

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