Reginald McKenna : Financier among Statesmen, 1863-1916 Paperback / softback
by Martin Farr
Part of the British Politics and Society series
Paperback / softback
- Information
Description
Reginald McKenna has never been the subject of scholarly attention.
This was partly due to his own preference for appearing at the periphery of events even when ostensibly at the centre, and the absence of a significant collection of private papers.
This new book redresses the neglect of this major statesmen and financier partly through the natural advance of historical research, and partly by the discoveries of missing archival material.
McKenna's role is now illuminated by his own reflections, and by the correspondence of friends and colleagues, including Asquith, Churchill, Keynes, Baldwin, Bonar Law, MacDonald, and Chamberlain.
McKenna's presence at the hub of political life in the first half of the century is now clear: in the radical Liberal governments of 1905-16, where he acted as a lightning conductor for the party; during the war, where he served as the Prime Minister's deputy and the principal voice for restraint in the conduct of the war; and as chairman of the world's largest bank, where until his death in office aged eighty, he prompted progressive policies to deal with the issues of war debt, trade, mass unemployment, and the return to gold.
Information
-
Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:382 pages, 11 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:12/08/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9780415543095
Other Formats
- EPUB from £2.99
- Hardback from £120.66
- PDF from £2.99
Information
-
Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:382 pages, 11 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:12/08/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9780415543095