The Prime Minister: The Office and its Holders Since 1945 by Peter Hennessy (St Martin's Press, 2001)
Books about British bureaucratic history and its, by professor-turned-lord Peter Hennessy, reminds us of the value of both. It recounts how premiers from Clement Attlee to Tony Blair grappled with the arbitration of political power against the backdrop of war (hot and cold), decolonisation and decline.
