The course of my life : an autobiography / Edward Heath.
By: Heath, Edward.
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BookPublisher: London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1998Description: xiv, 767 p. : ill ; 25 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0340708522 .Subject(s): Heath, Edward | Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1964-1979
DDC classification: 920 HEA | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 920 HEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00074580 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Since joining the House of Commons in 1950, Edward Heath has been at the centre of British political life - as Chief Whip, Minister of Labour, Lord Privy Seal, Leader of the Conservative Party, and Prime Minister from 1970 to 1974. Writing with great candour, he offers us valuable and entertaining insights into the events of the past sixty years; including taking Britain in to the EC, the changes in the Conservative Party and the great issues of policy at home and abroad, not least the beginnings of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Since leaving the premiership, he has maintained a central role in political and international affairs. Both as a record of an unequalled life of public service and as an important document of people and events, THE COURSE OF MY LIFE is as entertaining as it is revealing.
Includes index.
A Kentish Boyhood Early Years 1916-1935 -- From Broadstairs to Balliol Oxford 1935-1937 -- The approaching storm Oxford 1937-1939 -- Fighting for Freedom The War Years 1939-1945 -- Winning the Peace Civvy Street 1946-1950 -- 'Welcome to Westminster' Early years in the House 1950-1956 -- Steadying the ship Government Posts 1956-1960 -- 'Cris De Perroquet' The First European Negotiations 1960-1963 -- Climbing the ladder Front Bench Duties 1960-1965 -- Moulding the Party Leader of the Opposition 1965-1968 -- 'To govern is to serve' Return to Power 1969-1970 -- Trying to turn the corner Economic and Industrial Affairs 1970-1972 -- Fanfare for Europe Britain joins the Six 1963-1974 -- Tripartism on Trial Economic and Industrial Affairs 1972-1973 -- The Broken Emerald Northern Ireland 1970-1974 -- The Home Front Domestic Policy and Domestic Life 1970-1974 -- The World Stage Foreign Policy (Non-Europe) 1970-1974 -- Tough Going 1974-1975 -- A Fresh lease of life 1975-1979 -- The Dogma that barked on the right Domestic Politics 1979-1997 -- North-South and East-West International Affairs 1975- --The Dragon awakes China 1974-1997 -- Missions of Mercy Iraq and the Gulf 1990-1997 -- Beyond Westminster 1979-1997 -- Ever closer union Britain and Europe 1975-1997.