Название: Political Wings: William Wedgwood Benn, first Viscount Stansgate
Автор: Alun Wyburn-Powell
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1473848148
Год: 2015
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 248
Размер: 19,4 МБ
Язык: Английский

This is the first biography of Rt. Hon. WilliamWedgwood Benn DSO, DFC, first Viscount Stansgate, cabinet minister under MacDonald and Attlee, Air Commodore with active service in both World Wars, defector from the Liberals to Labour over his dispute with Lloyd George, and father of Tony Benn. Benn served in the army and RAF during the First World War (when he took part in the first parachute drop behind enemy lines at night) and in the Second World War he reached the rank of acting Air Commodore). His eldest son Michael, heir to the viscountcy, died on active service with the RAF, leaving his second son Tony to inherit the title and a seat in the House of Lords. Before his death, Tony Benn gave extensive interviews for this book.