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Officiële naam: Aitken, William Maxwell
Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten: Beaverbrook, Max Aitken 1st Baron
Aitken, Max
Geboortedatum: 1879-05-25
Overlijdensdatum: 1964-06-09
Graflocatie: Newcastle, Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada
Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: Canada
Geboorteplaats: Maple, Ontario, Canada
Plaats van overlijden: Surrey, England, UK
Woonplaatsen: Newcastle, New Brunswick, Canada
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Beroepen: newspaper publisher
Relaties: Waugh, Evelyn (employee)
Churchill, Winston S. (friend)
Organisaties: Daily Express [newspaper]
University of New Brunswich
UK Privy Council
Prijzen en onderscheidingen: PC
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The Decline and Fall of Lloyd George door Max Aitken

On the one hand, this book, which relates the tale of the last months of the Lloyd George coalition government of the post-World War I era, is quite entertaining, especially with some of the asides written by Lord Beaverbrook. On the other hand, and this is what's responsible for the lower level of the rating, one has to be extremely wary of anything Beaverbrook says, as he was a master manipulator in his time, and this book, by which he purports to write history, is no exception. Take the book with a grain of salt.… (meer)

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EricCostello | 1 andere bespreking | May 17, 2019 |

Politicians and the war, 1914-1916 door Baron Max Aitken Beaverbrook

The Canadian Press Lord was there, almost a cabinet minister to hear him tell it, and a buddy of WSC. This work is mostly a description of the onset of the war and the operations of the Asquith government until it became necessary to form a coalition government under Lloyd George to continue the war. The prose is clear, and it is obvious who was a friend of Beaverbrook, and who was not.

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DinadansFriend | Jun 15, 2017 |

Men and power, 1917-1918 door Baron Max Aitken Beaverbrook

Max Aiken began as a New Brunswick Reporter, and ended as a baron of the British Peerage and the British Press. He served as Minister of Information in the Lloyd George coalition government in 1917 - 18. Perfectly positioned he has written an account of the UK government in the closing stages of WWI. This book is useful as covering the second period in government of Winston Churchill in another man's eyes. Beaverbrook went on to be a cabinet minister in WWII as well.

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DinadansFriend | Aug 12, 2016 |

The decline and fall of Lloyd George door Lord [Max Aitken} Beaverbrook

4450. The Decline and Fall of Lloyd George, by Lord Beaverbrook [Max Aitken] (read 15 Jun 2008) This is essentially an account of the years 1921 and 1922 in parliamentary Britain. The author was a leading player on the parliamentary scene in those years and he tells of the last years of Lloyd George's power, and of his fall from power. A. Bonar Law succeeded him as Prime Minister, much encouraged by Max Aitken [Lord Beaverbrook]. I usually enjoy parliamentary history, but this was not as attention-holding because it was all told from the viewpoint of one of the players.… (meer)

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Schmerguls | 1 andere bespreking | Jun 15, 2008 |

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