The Benn Diaries: 1940-1990

The Benn Diaries, embracing the years 1940-1990, are already established as a uniquely authoritative, fascinating, and readable record of political life. The selected highlights that form this single-volume edition include the most notable events, arguments, and personal reflections throughout Benn's long and remarkable career as a leading politician. The narrative starts with Benn as a schoolboy and takes the reader through his youthful wartime experiences as a trainee pilot, his nervous e...