The Progressive Dilemma: From Lloyd George to Blair

by David Marquand

Through a series of biographical sketches of Bevin, Wilson, Callaghan, Kinnock, Smith and Blair, David Marquand considers the often vicious conflict between those in the Labour Party who promoted reform and those who thought that their objectives could only be achieved by more revolutionary means.

Genres: Politics, History, Nonfiction

283 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

David Ian Marquand, FBA, FRHistS, FRSA, was a British academic and former Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP). Educated at Emanuel School, Magdalen College, Oxford, St. Antony’s College, Oxford, and at the University of California, Berkeley, his writings focused on issues surrounding British politics and social democracy.