EBOOK DOWNLOAD [The Conservatives A History] AUTHOR Robin Harris
- Hardcover
- 640
- The Conservatives A History
- Robin Harris
- English
- 13 May 2020
- 9780593065112
Robin Harris ☆ 4 review
Robin Harris ☆ 4 review Summary ¼ The Conservatives A History Peel Disraeli Salisbury Baldwin Chamberlain Churchill Eden Macmillan Heath Thatcher Major Hague and Cameron together amount to an alternative history of Britain since the early nineteenth centuryThis landmark book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in history or politics or anyone who has ever wondered how Britain came to be the nation it is tod. This is a poor book and that is a shame because as the author notes in his introduction there are few single volume general histories of the Conservative party It is an even greater shame because Robin Harris s scholarship is fine and his writing is adeuate The basic ingredients are there and so is the appetite And yet still the final meal is hard to swallow and leaves a bad after tasteThat sadly is down to the seasoning Throughout the book Robin Harris adopts a dreadful and clumsy patronising tone Despite constant references to the narrow scope of the book when touching upon the wider forces that have shaped the Conservatives at key periods he constantly makes sweeping assertions far beyond his or any serious historian s purview Nationalisation of coal we are informed was of course a failure The Poll tax was merely badly implemented Baldwin didn t know what to do with power
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Robin Harris ☆ 4 review Summary ¼ The Conservatives A History The history of the Conservative party has extraordinarily rarely been written in a single volume for the general reader There are academic multi volume accounts and a multitude of smaller books with limited historical scope But now Robin Harris Margaret Thatcher's speechwriter and party insider has produced this authoritative but lively history book which tell. There is properly no history only biography so wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson Robin Harris in The Conservatives A History has remained true to this dictum writing what is in effect a biography of the Conservative Party Thomas Carlyle would have approved inasmuch as it is an account of the great and not so great who have made their mark on one of the most remarkable and enduring political associations in history It s a commendable piece of work at once scholarly detached and polemically engaged written by a man who is better ualified than most for the task both as a historian and as a political insider The author of an elegant biography of the French statesman Talleyrand Dr Harris is a former Director of the Conservative Research Department during which time he acted as Margaret Thatcher s special adviser and speech writer He is presently writing a biography of the former Prime Minister to be publish
Summary ↠ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook ☆ Robin HarrisRobin Harris ☆ 4 review Summary ¼ The Conservatives A History S the whole story and fills a gaping hole in Britain's historiographical recordTaking as his starting point the larger than life personalities of the Conservative Party's leaders and prime ministers since its inception Robin Harris's book also analyses the interconnected themes and issues which have dominated Conservative politics over the years The careers of. Very interesting account of the conservative party up The majority is dealt with by historic figures Peel Disraeli etc those in the 20th century are glossed over so a star is lost for that The author admits at the start he will do this about Thatcher given he is writing a separate book about her
Download The Conservatives A History Robin Harris ☆ 4 review EBOOK DOWNLOAD [The Conservatives A History] AUTHOR Robin Harris Just wondering if the book contains this interesting storyPS I am aware that this review is completely below the belt The fact that a party contains a few paedophile serial killers tells us absolutely nothing about the value of their policiesPPS What am I saying? I mean allegedly contains These men are innocent until proven guilty and I would not want it any other way
EBOOK DOWNLOAD [The Conservatives A History] AUTHOR Robin Harris “There is properly no history; only biography” so wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson Robin Harris in The Conservatives A History has remained true to this dictum writing what is in effect a biography of the Conservative Party Th
EBOOK DOWNLOAD [The Conservatives A History] AUTHOR Robin Harris Summary ↠ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook ☆ Robin Harris Download The Conservatives A History A history of the Conservative Party is like almost any political party in itself always likely to divide opinion There will be those who come at the book from the angle of its opponents and who thus expect an apologia or at very least a justification for past policy; supporters will expect an exhortation of a grand institution and a hope for its future Neither will be satisfied by this volume As a pragmatist with no party loyaltie
EBOOK DOWNLOAD [The Conservatives A History] AUTHOR Robin Harris Very interesting account of the conservative party up The majority is dealt with by historic figures Peel Disraeli etc those in the 20th century are glossed over so a star is lost for that The author admits at the start he will do thi
Download The Conservatives A History Robin Harris ☆ 4 review Summary ↠ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook ☆ Robin Harris You have to understand something before you can properly criticise itIn that respect this book has been very useful 😋
Summary ↠ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook ☆ Robin Harris EBOOK DOWNLOAD [The Conservatives A History] AUTHOR Robin Harris Robin Harris ☆ 4 review By Daniel Boomsma At first sight it does not seem difficult to be a Conservative” the essayist and journalist Walter Bagehot 1826 1877 once wrote And indeed he was right But it will occur to those who study conservatism thoroughly that it is only ”at first sight” that conservatism seems a simple way of thinking Be
EBOOK DOWNLOAD [The Conservatives A History] AUTHOR Robin Harris This is a poor book and that is a shame because as the author notes in his introduction there are few single volume general histories of the Conservative party It is an even greater shame because Robin Harris's scholarship is fine and his writing is adeuate The basic ingredients are there and so is the appetite And yet still the final meal i
EBOOK DOWNLOAD [The Conservatives A History] AUTHOR Robin Harris Download The Conservatives A History Good introductory history of the Conservative Party As with any book of this size and scope depth must be sacrificed; neve
Download The Conservatives A History EBOOK DOWNLOAD [The Conservatives A History] AUTHOR Robin Harris Robin Harris ☆ 4 review Very interesting but parts of it read like a chronology with many references made to grouping and events that were not contextualised or explained which would be problematic for those without a grasp of British
Summary ↠ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook ☆ Robin Harris EBOOK DOWNLOAD [The Conservatives A History] AUTHOR Robin Harris Largely enjoyable though Harris seems particularly dismissive of Conservative leaders he dislikes and glosses over the negatives of those who he likes Though it is a readable overview of Conservative history which I would recommend to others who like myself do not have a particularly deep knowledge of the party