Roy Jenkins: A RetrospectiveAndrew Adonis, Keith Thomas Roy Jenkins was a dominating figure in British politics across the four decades before his death in 2003, with an impact and legacy greater than many prime ministers of the period. These essays, by friends and associates of Roy Jenkins from every phase of his life, chart his remarkable career with insight, anecdote, and empathy. Each contributor writes from a close and unique relationship with their subject. |
Contents
List of Illustrations | xiii |
List of Figures | xv |
ROY JENKINS 19202003 | xviii |
Youth | 3 |
Balliol | 11 |
Bletchley | 19 |
Backbencher | 31 |
Birmingham | 51 |
President of the European Commission | 179 |
The European Achievement | 205 |
SDP | 211 |
Glasgow | 237 |
Back and Forth to the United States | 245 |
Oxfords Chancellor | 253 |
Writer and Biographer | 271 |
A Late Friendship | 307 |
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