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Richard Crossman

Born

in Bayswater, London, England

December 15, 1907

Died

April 05, 1974

Genre

Nonfiction, Memoir

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Richard Howard Stafford Crossman, OBE, sometimes published as R.H.S. Crossman, was an English academic and British Labour Party politician. A university classics lecturer by profession, he was elected a Member of Parliament in 1945 and became a significant figure among the party's advocates of Zionism. He was a Bevanite on the left of the party, and a long-serving member of Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) from 1952.

Crossman was a Cabinet minister in Harold Wilson's governments of 1964–1970, first for Housing, then as Leader of the House of Commons, and then for Social Services. In the early 1970s Crossman was editor of the New Statesman. He is remembered for his highly revealing three-volume Diaries of a Cabinet Minister, publis ...more

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	The God that Failed by Richard Crossman (Editor), Richard Wright, Arthur Koestler (contributor) 4.03 avg rating — 454 ratings — published 1949 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Crossman Diaries by Richard Crossman, Anthony Howard (Editor) 3.79 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1975 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister, Volume 1: Minister of Housing, 1964-66 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1975 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Biografía del Estado moderno 2.94 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1974 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister, Volume 2: Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons, 1966-68 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1976 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Backbench Diaries of Richard Crossman by Richard Crossman, Janet Morgan (Editor) 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1981 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister, Volume 3: Secretary of State for Social Services, 1968-1970 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1977 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Plato Today 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1963 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Government and the Governed: A History of Political Ideas and Political Practice it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1978 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Fabian Essays really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1970 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Diaries of Richard Crossman (4 books)
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“For the intellectual, material comforts are relatively unimportant.”
― Richard Crossman, The God that Failed

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“With relentless selectivity, the Communist machine has winnowed out the grain and retained only the chaff of Western culture.”
― Richard Crossman, The God that Failed

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“But no one who has not wrestled with Communism as a philosophy, and Communists as political opponents, can really understand the values of Western democracy. The Devil once lived in Heaven, and those who have not met him are unlikely to recognize an angel when they see one.”
― Richard Crossman, The God that Failed

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