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The Cabinet Office, 1916-2016 : the birth of modern government / Anthony Seldon ; with Jonathan Meakin.

Van Pelt Library JN401 .S45 2016
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Seldon, Anthony, author.
Meakin, Jonathan, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Cabinet system--Great Britain.
Cabinet system.
Cabinet officers.
History.
Great Britain.
Cabinet officers--Great Britain--History--20th century.
Cabinet officers--Great Britain--Biography.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
xxiii, 360 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
London : Biteback Publishing, 2016.
Contents:
Chapter 1 Cabinet Government Before 1916 1
Chapter 2 The Creation of the Cabinet Office: The Cabinet Secretariat and the First World War, 1916-18 25
Chapter 3 Maurice Hankey and the Interwar Years, 1918-39 41
Chapter 4 Edward Bridges and the Second World War, 1938-45 73
Chapter 5 Norman Brook: Commander of the Mid-Twentieth Century, 1946-63 105
Chapter 6 Housing the Cabinet Office, 1916-2016 141
Chapter 7 Burke Trend and John Hunt: Adjusting to the Modern Era, 1963-79 153
Chapter 8 Robert Armstrong and Robin Butler: The Last of the Traditionalists, 1979-98 195
Chapter 9 New Labour, New Challenges: Wilson, Turnbull and O'Donnell, 1997-2010 235
Chapter 10 Coalition and Beyond, 2010-16 279.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-343) and index.
ISBN:
9781785901737
1785901737
OCLC:
964297688
Publisher Number:
99969721687

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