John Strachey
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First US edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Light chipping on back of jacket - otherwise fine and structural.
This authoritative political biography chronicles the remarkable and turbulent intellectual life of John Strachey, one of Britain's most influential socialist thinkers of the twentieth century. Hugh Thomas traces Strachey's ideological journey from his early flirtation with Oswald Mosley's fascist movement, through his fervent embrace of Marxism and the Communist Party, to his eventual evolution into a moderate Labour statesman and Cabinet minister. Written with scholarly precision and a keen eye for the contradictions of political conviction, the narrative illustrates how Strachey's shifting allegiances mirrored the broader ideological upheavals that defined interwar and postwar Britain. Thomas presents a nuanced portrait of a man whose writings, particularly The Coming Struggle for Power, shaped left-wing thought across the English-speaking world, while his later career demonstrated a pragmatic retreat from revolutionary idealism. The result is a compelling study of intellectual ambition, political reinvention, and the seductive power of ideology in an age of global crisis.
Author: Hugh Thomas
Format: Hardback
Published: 1973, Harper & Row, Publishers
Edition: First US edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Light chipping on back of jacket - otherwise fine and structural.
This authoritative political biography chronicles the remarkable and turbulent intellectual life of John Strachey, one of Britain's most influential socialist thinkers of the twentieth century. Hugh Thomas traces Strachey's ideological journey from his early flirtation with Oswald Mosley's fascist movement, through his fervent embrace of Marxism and the Communist Party, to his eventual evolution into a moderate Labour statesman and Cabinet minister. Written with scholarly precision and a keen eye for the contradictions of political conviction, the narrative illustrates how Strachey's shifting allegiances mirrored the broader ideological upheavals that defined interwar and postwar Britain. Thomas presents a nuanced portrait of a man whose writings, particularly The Coming Struggle for Power, shaped left-wing thought across the English-speaking world, while his later career demonstrated a pragmatic retreat from revolutionary idealism. The result is a compelling study of intellectual ambition, political reinvention, and the seductive power of ideology in an age of global crisis.