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Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds is Lecturer in politics at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a practising barrister. He is the author of Attlee: A Life in Politics (I.B.Tauris).

Introduction

PART ONE: BOY TO MAN, 1897-1919
Chapter 1: The Welsh Valleys Childhood, 1897 – 1911
Chapter 2: The South Wales Coalfield 1911 – 1919

PART TWO: THE MAKING OF ANEURIN BEVAN, 1919-34
Chapter 3: Local Politics, 1919-28
Chapter 4: Monmouthshire County Council and Parliament, 1928-34

PART THREE: ESTABLISHING HIMSELF ON THE NATIONAL STAGE, 1934-45
Chapter 5: London and Jennie Lee
Chapter 6: Working Class Unity, 1935-1939
Chapter 7: The Second World War, Part I: 1939 to 1942
Chapter 8: The Second World War, Part I: 1942 to 1945

PART FOUR: CABINET MINISTER, 1945-51
Chapter 9: The Labour Government, 1945-1951
Chapter 10: The Creation of the National Health Service
Chapter 11: Bevan’s Record on Housing, 1945-51
Chapter 12: Resignation

PART FIVE: IN OPPOSITION, 1951-60
Chapter 13: The Bevanites, 1951-55
Chapter 14: The Pragmatic Bevan, 1955-57
Chapter 15: The Final Years, 1958-60

Conclusion
Further Reading