Alan Bullock

"One of the true giants of twentieth-century history, Ernest Bevin started work on a farm when eleven years old, worked in the bakehouse of a Bristol restaurant at thirteen and at twenty became a carter earning eighteen shillings a week. Forming a branch of the Dockers' Union among the carters propelled him towards trade union leadership, and in 1921 he founded the Transport and General Workers' Union." "In 1940 Bevin, by then general secretary of the TGWU, was invited by Winston Churchill to join the War Cabinet as Minister of Labour, in which role he marshalled manpower for the war effort. From 1945 to 1951 he was one of Britain's greatest Foreign Secretaries - a key figure in implementing the Marshall Plan, launching the Treaty of Brussels and establishing NATO - but the strain was immense, and on his seventieth birthday Attlee moved him to the role of Lord Privy Seal. Bevin died, working on his papers, in April 1951." "Alan Bullock's monumental biography, originally published in three volumes between 1960 and 1983 and described by Clement Attlee as 'a massive work about a massive man', is here issued in a one-volume abridgement for a new generation of readers."--BOOK JACKET. This new edition looks at the miner who rose to become Foreign Secretary in the Attlee government; influential trade unionist during the General Strike and creator of the Transport and General Workers' Union; Minister of Labour in the wartime coalition government and creator of the "Bevin Boys".

The scope of this handy one-volume guide to modern thought is broad, ranging from the lastest developments in astrophysics to recent trends in the arts. Some areas, such as anthropology, recent world history, critical theory, economics, philosophy, music, medicine, and the psychological disciplines, have been substantially enlarged. The entries are liberally cross-referenced, offering the reader ease of access at a range of levels with the intention of making this the single most useful reference tool for those whose curiosity takes them outside their own area of competencee.

Adolf Hitler unleashed a nightmare of terror in Europe that changed the course of history and forever altered our conception of human nature. But how is it possible to understand Hitler? Hitler: Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet begins to answer that question by providing the first analysis of Hitler's life by a trained MD and practicing psychiatrist. Fritz Redlich, M.D., provides a full-length biography of Hitler, focusing especially on his medical and mental history and showing us precisely how Hitler's physical and mental health influenced his beliefs and behavior.

An illustrated history of Greenwich in the Twentieth Century with a detailed introduction and extended captions to the photographs of all the communities that make up the Borough of Greenwich: Deptford, Charlton, Woolwich, Plumstead, Eltham, Shooters Hill, Kidbrooke and Blackheath.

Presents short, illustrated biographies of 250 men and women whose vision, energy and achievements have directed the trends in this fast changing world.