1929-1956
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Lloyd George and Churchill as war leaders
A comparison of the two great British wartime leaders of the twentieth century.
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The 1955 general election
26th May this year sees the 50th anniversary on the 1955 general election – the first recorded election results programme by the BBC. Luckily it is still in the archives and on the 26th, BBC Parliament will be broadcasting the programme which was presented by Richard Dimbleby with expert summary by David Butler. Butler at…
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Friends and allies
Review of Ian Hunter (ed.), Winston and Archie: The Letters of Sir Archibald Sinclair and Winston S. Churchill (Politico’s, 2005).
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‘His presence generated electricity’
Review of Peter Barberis, Liberal Lion, Jo Grimond: A Political Life (I.B. Tauris, 2005).
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The forgotten leader
Review of Alan Wyburn-Powell, Clement Davies: Liberal Leader (Politico’s, 2003).
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Too short a history
Review of Chris Cook, A Short History of the Liberal Party 1900-2001 (Palgrave, 2002).
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Liberals and the Suez crisis
Examination of the Liberal role in the Suez crisis of 1956 and the long-term consequences for the Liberal Party.
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The most complex character
Review of Antony Lentin, Lloyd George and the Lost Peace: From Versailles to Hitler, 1914-1940 (Palgrave, 2001).
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Internationalism and interdependency
Review of Richard S. Grayson, Liberals, International Relations and Appeasement (Frank Cass, 2001).