Aberfan - Government and Disaster: Government and Disaster

by McLean Iain, Johnes Martin

Overview

Aberfan - Government & Disaster is widely recognised as the definitive study of the disaster. Following meticulous research of public records - kept confidential by the UK Government's 30-year rule - the authors, in this revised second edition, explain how and why the disaster happened and why nobody was held responsible.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781860571336
Publisher:	Welsh Academic Press
Publication date:	10/31/2019
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Martin Johnes is Professor of History at Swansea University. Iain McLean is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Oxford and Official Fellow in Politics at Nuffield College, Oxford.

Table of Contents

Foreword Preface 1. The Last Day before Half-term 2. On Moles and the Habits of Birds: The Unpolitics of Aberfan 3. Uneasy Relationships: The Aberfan Disaster, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council and Local Politics 4. The Management of Trauma 5. Regulating and Raiding Gifts of Generosity: The Aberfan Disaster Fund 6. Aberfan Then and Now Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

‘The full truth about Aberfan’ The Guardian ‘The research is outstanding…the investigation is substantial, balanced and authoritative…this is certainly the definitive book on the subject…Meticulous.’ John R. Davis, Journal of Contemporary British History ‘Excellent...thorough and sympathetic.’ Headway 2000 (Aberfan’s Community Newspaper) ‘Definitive...authoritative...anyone who wants to understand the process of government and its obsession with secrecy should read this book.’ Ron Davies, Secretary of State for Wales 1997-1998 ‘Intelligent and moving’ Planet

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