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The son of a meat market porter and an office cleaner, Peter Cruddas left Shoreditch Comprehensive School at the age of fifteen with no qualifications and a part-time job as a milkman. Today hes Lord Cruddas of Shoreditch, the founder of a 1.5 billion financial trading company and a distinguished philanthropist, giving to over 200 charities through his foundation, which helps young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.Fed up with Labours economic mismanagement, Cruddas began his foray into politics, becoming a key Conservative Party donor. But after being elevated to treasurer in 2011, he fell victim to a Sunday Times sting in which he was falsely accused of breaking the law on party donations. With unflinching honesty, he reveals the full story of his successful libel battle and opens a Pandoras box of profound wider questions about newspaper dark arts and the power of the British press over the judicial system.Refusing to be scared off from the political world, Cruddas co-founded the winning Vote Leave campaign. Here, he gives a detailed insider view of the real reasons behind the victory and contemplates how Britain can now thrive outside the EU.Filled with heartbreak and elation, this is the extraordinary story of Cruddass epic rise from an east London council estate to a Mayfair mansion and includes plenty of tips for budding billionaires.

"A truly insightful tour dhorizon" Rt Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP, Secretary of State for Health, 201218"Insightful and thought-provoking" Rt Hon. Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Health, 201821"Brilliant" Sir Stephen Bubb, director of Charity Futures and the Oxford Institute of Charity"A tour de force" Niall Dickson CBE, former chief executive of The Kings Fund, the General Medical Council and the NHS Confederation***How good is the NHS, really?That is the question this book seeks to answer, as the health service emerges from the gravest crisis in its history with more money but greater challenges than ever before.During the pandemic, voters made extraordinary sacrifices to save the NHS from collapse. Thanks to these efforts and the dedication and bravery of the NHS workforce, hospitals were able to treat patients with coronavirus, but millions of others lost out. Now an exhausted and depleted NHS workforce faces a huge backlog. The gap between supply and demand for publicly funded healthcare has never been so wide.With record numbers waiting for treatment, the politicians answer has been to spend ever more taxpayers money. The question is whether throwing cash at the problem will work.Every day, millions of patients receive care that is fair, good or outstanding. In keeping with Nye Bevans founding principles, the same treatment is available to rich and poor, free at the point of need. Public support for the concept remains overwhelming. Yet for every positive NHS experience there are negatives: care that is substandard, disjointed and arrives too late. A cult of secrecy surrounds errors and failings. Politicians on all sides dissemble and lie.This book seeks to strip away the spin and uncover the true state of the NHS: the good, the bad and the ugly. It explores an increasingly urgent question: in an era of pandemics, can the NHS provide the quality of service patients deserve?

"Those who wonder how the international community failed so dramatically in Afghanistan need look no further Losing Afghanistan explores the arguments for and against intervention and highlights the difficulty of establishing unity of purpose and effort in such demanding circumstances. Above all, it poses a question: how can we in the West claim we know so much, yet demonstrate in Afghanistan that we understand so little?" General (retd) Sir Jack Deverell OBE, former Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces Northern Europe"A wonderful book of insightful essays on Afghanistan from an outsider lens." Ezatullah Adib, head of research at Integrity Watch Afghanistan and national country representative at the World Association for Public Opinion Research"The strategic question posed by these brilliant essays is: how can the doctrine of liberal intervention be reframed to ensure the West intervenes overseas to manage future humanitarian calamities for reasons beyond just national security?" Brigadier (retd) Justin Hedges OBE***When Taliban forces took Kabul on 15 August 2021, it marked the end of the Western intervention that had begun nearly twenty years earlier with the US-led invasion.The fall of Afghanistan triggered a seismic shock in the West, where US President Joe Biden announced an end to Americas involvement in conflicts overseas. In Afghanistan itself it produced terror for the future for those who had worked with and grown up under the coalition-supported administration.Now, with the country spiralling into economic collapse and famine, Losing Afghanistan is a plea for us to keep our gaze on the plight of the people of Afghanistan and to understand how action and inaction in the West shaped the fate of the nation.Why was Afghanistan lost? Can it be regained? And what happens next? Edited by international development expert Brian Brivati, this collection of twenty-one essays by analysts, politicians, soldiers, commentators and practitioners interspersed with powerful eyewitness testimony from Afghan voices explains what happened in Afghanistan and why, and what the future holds both for its people and for liberal intervention.

Brittle with Relics is a landmark history of the people of Wales during a period of great national change.Richly humane, viscerally political, generously multi-voiced, Brittle with Relics is oral history at its revelatory best.DAVID KYNASTONFascinating.OBSERVERPowerful.LITERARY REVIEWInspired.GUARDIANBrittle with Relics is a vital history of Wales undergoing some of the countrys most seismic and traumatic events: the disasters of Aberfan and Tryweryn; the rise of the Welsh language movement; the Miners Strike and its aftermath; and the narrow vote in favour of partial devolution.Drawing upon the voices of its inhabitants - includin Neil Kinnock, Rowan Williams, Leanne Wood, Gruff Rhys, Michael Sheen, Nicky Wire, Sian James, language activists, members of former mining communities and many more - this is a vivid portrait of a nation determined to survive, while maintaining the hope that Wales will one day thrive on its own terms.Passionate.HISTORY TODAYCompels attention.IRISH TIMESSuperb.DAILY TELEGRAPHA testament to the brutal circumstances that bonded the communities of Wales into a new polity for the 21st century.GRUFF RHYSThis book is a guide to remembering who we can be when we work together.GWENNO SAUNDERSAn essential telling of Welshness that contains a powerful reflection of Englishness, too.EMMA WARREN

1 de junho de 1943. O aeroporto da Portela, em Lisboa, fervilha de agitaço.O espio alemo aguarda pacientemente para fazer a chamada. Quando o telefone finalmente toca na Embaixada da Alemanha em Lisboa e ditada uma sentença de morte.Mas, a operaço fracassa. No avio que cai nos ceus de Lisboa no esta Winston Churchill, o alvo a abater, mas um sosia.Nesse mesmo ano em novembro, os tres lideres aliados Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill e Joseph Stalin reunem-se secretamente em Teero. Mas os nazis descobrem o plano e Hitler ve aqui uma oportunidade. Embora a guerra esteja perdida acredita que, com novos lideres aliados, as negociaçes dos tratados de paz possam vir a ser mais beneficas para a Alemanha. Uma equipa de elite, altamente treinada e armada, liderada pelo capito das SS Otto Skorzeny, conhecido como O homem mais perigoso da Europa, e reunida e largada de paraquedas no Iro. Tem seis dias para completar a sua misso.O agente dos serviços secretos norte-americano Mike Riley, um irlandes que se descreve como tendo mais musculos que cerebro, responsavel pela segurança pessoal de Roosevelt, tera de trabalhar com o agente sovietico da NKVD, antecessora da KGB, para salvar os tres lideres mundiais.Em A Noite dos Assassinos, Howard Blum, autor best-seller do New York Times, revela a fascinante historia secreta da conspiraço nazi para matar os tres homens mais importantes e fortemente protegidos do mundo. Um plano que, se tivesse sido bem-sucedido, teria mudado o curso da Historia e o futuro do mundo ocidental.Uma historia real repleta de suspense acerca de uma misso impossivel e de um homem que enfrentou o desafio e evitou uma catastrofe mundial.

Esta obra aborda foi produzida com a finalidade de apresentar os aspectos musicais relevantes que influenciaram nas mudanças socioculturais e políticas ocorridas nas últimas décadas e também como a sociedade brasileira conquistou a liberdade de expresso. Seu conteudo tem como objetivo demonstrar como a musica influenciou de forma direta atraves de cançes-protesto e, de forma indireta atraves de movimentos juvenis no comportamento da sociedade brasileira.

Provavelmente a mais importante obra sobre a Segunda Guerra Mundial.Desde a sua criação em 1933 até à morte de Hitler em 1945, quem residisse em território controlado pelos nazis vivia com medo de re

George Orwell once said that the British love a really good murder. He might have added that the only thing the British love more than a good murder is a really good scandal, and best of all are the sexual and political scandals that take place behind the gilded doors of Britains royal palaces. From Edward IIs intimate relationship with Piers Gaveston to Prince Harry and Meghan Markles dramatic exit from the royal family, the royal residences have seen it all.This glorious romp of a book contains new information on well-known and not-so-well-known scandals, including those that have only recently been revealed through the release of previously secret official papers. Exploring surviving palaces such as Kensington as well as longvanished residences including Whitehall, Scandals of the Royal Palaces is the first in-depth look at the bad behaviour of not just the royals themselves but also palace officials, courtiers, household servants and hangerson.Delving into the bitter hatreds that generations of King Georges nursed for their eldest sons, Queen Victorias opiumfuelled rages and Edward VIIs near-miss perjury conviction, royal expert Tom Quinn reveals that scandal and the royal family have always been bedfellows. And if the behaviour of todays royals is anything to go by, the glittering palaces will continue to house intriguing, embarrassing and outrageous scandals for centuries to come.

A Daily Mail Political Book of the Year"Michael Cockerell is the master" Laura Kuenssberg"A triumph" Alan Johnson"My political book of the year" Iain Dale"The master chronicler of our political age" Nick Robinson"Endlessly compelling" Emily Maitlis"Excellent" New European"Riveting" Tony Rennell, Daily Mail Book of the Year"The David Attenborough of the political animal kingdom" Rory Bremner"Richly entertaining" Steve Richards"Brimming with priceless indiscretions" Mail on Sunday"The Holbein of the televisual political portrait" Professor Peter Hennessy***Our political leaders spend their careers spinning their images and polishing their achievements; Michael Cockerell has spent his professional life stripping off the gloss. Over fifty years, he has gained unrivalled access to the secret chambers of Westminster and Whitehall. Here, he reveals in illuminating and often hilarious stories what our top politicians are really like behind the mask.Drawing on his unique experience of having filmed all the past ten Prime Ministers, Cockerell tells how he manages to lull some of the wariest people in the land into candour, and shows how questions of sex are never far from the surface in Westminster. Amongst much else, he recounts: how Margaret Thatcher flirted with him on screen but attacked him by name in the Commons; how Tony Blair said he would willingly pay the blood price in Iraq; how David Cameron learned from Enoch Powell always to make a big speech on a full bladder and how Boris Johnson admitted to doubts about his ability to be Prime Minister.Funny, riveting and above all revealing, Unmasking Our Leaders is an absorbing insight into half a century of British politics.

Chinas rise as a global superpower has completely reshaped the landscape of international politics. As the countrys authoritarian regime becomes increasingly assertive on the world stage, the United States grows ever more hostile to its Asian rival. Repressive moves by China in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, military activities in the South China Sea and Western measures against Chinese companies have only exacerbated tensions. While the great powers of East and West battle over hegemony, the world is being led inexorably towards a new Cold War.During his time as a Cabinet minister attending National Security Council meetings, Oliver Letwin realised that there was no agreement among Western politicians and academics on how to conduct a peaceful long-term relationship with China. China vs America traces the contours of history, both ancient and modern, to explain how China has emerged as a challenger to American power in the twenty-first century and why this has created such uneasiness in the West.In this robust and controversial assessment, Letwin argues that the international rules-based order is completely ill-equipped to foster a positive relationship between China and the United States and that the global community must act now to correct the collision course these two behemoths are currently on before its too late.

Book of the Day The Guardian"Well-researched well-written even-handed balanced." Baroness Hoey, The Critic"Red Knight is well written and researched and, I think, pretty fair." Daniel Finkelstein, The Times"Ashcroft has done his research and he does tell us important things about Starmer." The Independent"Well-researched, fair and objective Lord Ashcrofts book is a great aid to answering questions [about Starmer] and posing a few more." TCW"Comprehensive." The Tablet"Surprisingly sympathetic." MoneyWeek***Sir Keir Starmer has played many parts during his life and career. He went from schoolboy socialist to radical lawyer before surprising many by joining the establishment, becoming Director of Public Prosecutions, accepting a knighthood and then, in 2015, standing successfully for Parliament. At Westminster, he was swiftly elevated to the shadow Cabinet, and in April 2020 he became the leader of the Labour Party.Michael Ashcrofts new book goes in search of the man who wants to be Prime Minister and reveals previously unknown details about him which help to explain what makes him tick.Starmer was the architect of Labours second-referendum Brexit policy, which was considered a major factor in its worst electoral defeat for nearly a century. Is he the man to bring back Labours lost voters? Is he the voice of competence and moderation who can put his party back on the political map? Or is he just a member of the metropolitan elite who is prepared to say and do whatever it takes to win favour?This meticulous examination of his life offers voters the chance to answer these vital questions.

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Katharine Campbells father Sholto Douglas was the hero of her childhood, an unconventional senior commander in the Royal Air Force described as a gloriously contentious character. Following childhood abandonment and poverty, Sholto rose through the ranks of the fledgling RAF in the First World War before taking on a crucial role in the Second as head of Fighter Command and going on to serve as Military Governor in Germany in the wars devastating aftermath.But when Katharine was five years old, he began to be stolen away by strange night-time wanderings and daytime distress including vivid flashbacks to his time signing death warrants in post-war Germany. The doctors called it dementia, but decades later, Katharine started researching her fathers story and realised that she had observed the undiagnosed consequences of post-traumatic stress disorder.PTSD is a hot topic today. Were aware of the front-line soldier suffering from shell-shock but what about the senior officer giving the orders, who may be carrying hidden wounds accumulated over many years? We dont expect our military leaders to have PTSD, nor is it something they often recognise or acknowledge in themselves, yet this secret burden likely affects a surprising number of those making important tactical decisions. A thought-provoking insight into the damage done by military conflict, Behold the Dark Gray Man is the story of a daughters search to understand the impact of war upon one of its most charismatic senior commanders.

What do you get when dare-devil jihadists, mad English missionaries and proud, stubborn, warring natives meet in a clash?Nigeria.Formation: The Making of Nigeria from Jihad to Amalgamation tracks the unlikely series of events and characters that turned a collection of disparate nations into a British colony in 1914. But the story of Nigerias formation begins much earlier, in 1804 when the jihadists launched their attack on countries along the Niger river. What unfolds is a story of conquests and slavery, betrayals and bravery, rivers and riots, victors and vanquished, all of which are central to understanding modern Black struggles.Formation runs, like the rivers Niger and Benue, through the rise and fall of empires. It explores Dan Fodios revolutionary jihad and the spread of Islam, the fall of the Oyo Empire, the influence of the returnee freed slaves, the growing infl uence of Christianity, and the palm oil politics in the Niger Delta in the territory that would come to be known as Nigeria. Inextricably linked to this is the story of the ascendency of the British Empire and the Industrial Revolution.Influential figures of Nigerias historic past, like the founder of the Sokoto caliphate, Usman Dan Fodio; Yoruba linguist Samuel Ajayi Crowther; powerful slave trader, Madam Tinubu; British colonial administrator, Frederick Lugard; and suffragette and mother to Fela Kuti, Funmilayo Ransom-Kuti are re-examined, moving them from myth to reality. Fagbule and Fawehinmi challenge the orthodox understanding of Nigerias past as merely a product of colonial interference, revealing an incredibly complicated portrait of a nation with a tangled history and self-determination.

Three years ago, Rishi Sunak was an unknown junior minister in the Department of Local Government. By the age of thirty-nine, he was Chancellor of the Exchequer, grappling with the gravest economic crisis in modern history. Michael Ashcrofts new book charts Sunaks ascent from his parents Southampton pharmacy to Oxford University, the City of London, Silicon Valley and the top of British politics. It is the tale of a super-bright and hard-grafting son of immigrant parents who marries an Indian heiress and makes a fortune of his own; a polished urban southerner who wins over the voters of rural North Yorkshire and a cautious, fiscally conservative financier who becomes the biggest-spending Chancellor in history. Sunak was unexpectedly promoted to the Treasurys top job in February 2020, with a brief to spread investment and opportunity as part of Boris Johnsons levelling up agenda. Within weeks, the coronavirus had sent Britain into lockdown, with thousands of firms in peril and millions of jobs on the line. As health workers battled to save lives, it was down to Sunak to save livelihoods. This is the story of how he tore up the rulebook and went for broke.

Quem não conhece a História está condenado a repeti-la.Mais de setenta anos depois do fim da Segunda Guerra Mundial, a leitura desta obra nunca foi tão fundamental.Os Médicos da Morte é um documento

The men and women who created todays liberal, democratic, globalised world order may now have left public office, but they have not retired. So, what are they doing, and how does it affect the rest of us? In The Ex Men, Giles Edwards sets out to answer that question, uncovering the many ways in which former Presidents and Prime Ministers continue to affect global public life.From running international organisations to monitoring elections, advising companies and charities and giving hundred-thousand-dollar speeches, Giles takes us inside this often-hidden world. He has interviewed more than twenty former leaders, from Presidents overthrown in coups to winners of Nobel Prizes. He has spent time at their clubs and resorts, spoken to the people who work with them, and to the organisations and individuals who hire them.

In 2013, Mick May was diagnosed with the fatal asbestos-linked cancer, mesothelioma, whose average medical life expectancy is 10 months. Seven years later he is flourishing, full of joie de vivre, with a long life-expectancy ahead of him. His case has made medical history and is giving new hope to a multitude of terminally ill cancer sufferers around the world.Micks medical journey makes for a fascinating read as it weaves from the pain of his many treatments to the pleasures of his frequent fishing trips to British and exotic international rivers.Threaded into this are snapshots of Micks creation and leadership of a leading offender rehabilitation charity; his deepening religious faith; his successful legal action against the merchant bank whose offices exposed him to asbestos in the 1980s; his chairmanship of a school ravaged by the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire tragedy, and the happiness of his family life with his remarkable wife and six children.

The official account of the Royal Artillerys activities in the Normandy campaign, this volume breaks down the historic achievements of the Regiment, integrating newly published research with a detailed account of their activities, logistics and equipment in the offensive.Essential for currently serving members of the Royal Artillery, Gunners in Normandy includes mention of every regiment that served, a Roll of Honour, and a list of the dead by unit.This book presents the definitive record of events, assembled from interviews with veterans, papers and documents from the Firepower Archives, terrain studies, personal memoirs, war diaries and other official documents. Serious students of the battle for Normandy should find this essential reading, with comprehensive coverage of the role of the Royal Artillery, and much material not published anywhere else, including orders of battle, the details of targets engaged by the guns and their effectiveness.

I suppose you know who I am? I was in charge of the actions in Germany and Poland and Czechoslovakia. I am prepared to sell you one million Jews: Goods for blood Blood for goods. These were the chilling words uttered by one of the most notorious Nazi bureaucrats, SS Colonel Adolf Eichmann, to a young Jewish businessman called Joel Brand in the spring of 1944. Brand embarked on a desperate mission to persuade the Allies to barter with Eichmann and failed. At the same time, the SS deported hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz-Birkenau packed in cattle trains. The majority were gassed, then incinerated. For decades after 1945, many blamed the Allies for callously abandoning a million Hungarian Jews to their fate. In Deception, Christopher Hale presents a new account of the Brand Mission based on evidence in the national archives of Germany, Hungary, Britain and the United States. Hale reveals that Eichmanns offer formed one part of a monstrous deception designed to outwit the leaders of the last surviving Jewish community in Europe. The deception was more complex and from the German point of view more successful than any operation mounted by the secret services of the Allied governments.