A Liberal Chronicle in Peace and War
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-288705-4 (ISBN)
Jack Pease was at the heart of the British Liberal government from 1908 to 1915, holding the position of Chief Whip through two general elections, and a member of the Cabinet confronting domestic tumult, international tensions, and war. Pease was an unassuming participant in the deliberations of a unique gathering of political talent. His journals as President of the Board of Education from 1911 to the formation of the coalition ministry in 1915 are a closely observed, unvarnished record of what he saw and heard in Downing St and Westminster: constitutional and Home Rule crises, industrial conflict, electoral reform, women's suffrage controversies, struggles over budgets, naval estimates, and foreign policy.
Despite his Quaker beliefs, Pease committed to supporting war against Germany, and his troubled conscience is laid bare in letters to his wife and friends.
Replete with intimate portraits of his revered chief H. H. Asquith and the Prime Minister's social circle, the journals also provide evocative observations of the contest of ideas, arguments, and moods of prominent contemporaries, especially David Lloyd George as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Winston Churchill as Home Secretary then First Lord of the Admiralty, and Lord Kitchener as Secretary of State for War.
Pease's candid accounts, augmented by the diaries and letters of others privy to Cabinet policy secrets and personal rivalries, reveal the stories not told in the Prime Minister's reports to the King.
Together with the editors' biographical introduction, extensive explanatory commentaries, and bibliographical guidance, Pease's text provides a uniquely comprehensive understanding of Asquith's Liberal government in peace and war.
Cameron Hazlehurst FRSL FRHistS is a historian and public affairs adviser who has served in Australian government posts, chaired official committees on chemical and radiation regulation, and led The Ethicos Group, a public integrity consultancy, 2007-23. He was an Assistant Secretary of the Department of Urban and Regional Development, a First Assistant Secretary of the Department of Communications, and National Campaign Director for AIDS Information and Communication. His academic appointments include Foundation Professor and Head of the School of Humanities, Queensland University of Technology, and Fellowships in the ANU Research School of Social Sciences, The Queen's College and Nuffield College, Oxford. Christine Woodland FRHistS is a retired professional archivist. After working in Nuffield College, Oxford, and the Warwickshire County Record Office she was Archivist of the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick, 1993-2005. She was co-editor with Cameron Hazlehurst of A Liberal Chronicle, Jack Pease's Journals and Papers 1908-1910, and co-compiler of A Guide to the Papers of British Cabinet Ministers, 1900-1951and the revised and expanded Guide 1900-1964.
Preface
Introduction
1: 1911
2: 1912
3: 1913
4: 1914
5: 1915
6: Aftermath
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.07.2023 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 1006 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-288705-X / 019288705X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-288705-4 / 9780192887054 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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