Clement Attlee: The Man Who Made Modern Britain

To most, Winston Churchill remains Great Britain's greatest Prime Minister. Yet while he presided over his country's finest hour, he was not its most consequential leader. In this definitive new biography, John Bew reveals how that designation belongs to Clement Attlee, Churchill's successor, who launched a new era of political, economic, and social reform that would forever change Great Britain.



Alternatively criticized for being "too socialist" or "not radical enough," Attlee's quiet tenac...