A Liberal Chronicle in Peace and War: Journals and Papers of J. A. Pease, 1st Lord Gainford, 1911-1915 by Hazlehurst, Cameron

A Liberal Chronicle in Peace and War: Journals and Papers of J. A. Pease, 1st Lord Gainford, 1911-1915 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780192887054)

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A Liberal Chronicle in Peace and War: Journals and Papers of J. A. Pease, 1st Lord Gainford, 1911-1915 by Hazlehurst, Cameron

A Liberal Chronicle in Peace and War: Journals and Papers of J. A. Pease, 1st Lord Gainford, 1911-1915

$245.00
A Liberal Chronicle in Peace and War: Journals and Papers of J. A. Pease, 1st Lord Gainford, 1911-1915 by Hazlehurst, Cameron

A Liberal Chronicle in Peace and War: Journals and Papers of J. A. Pease, 1st Lord Gainford, 1911-1915

$245.00
Format: Hardcover
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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.

Author: Cameron Hazlehurst
ISBN-10: 019288705X
ISBN-13: 9780192887054
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2023
Pages: 608
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.25lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.30w x 2.20d
By Cameron Hazlehurst
By Cameron Hazlehurst
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Cameron Hazlehurst, Hon. Professor, Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University, Christine Woodland, Independent scholar and retired archivist,

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, since 2007. 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 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, 1900-1951 and the revised and expanded Guide 1900-1964.

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