In Place Of Fear
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair. Jacket: Chipped, torn with minor damage. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: Binding intact, pages aged but holding.
At the heart of post-war British politics stands one of its most passionate and visionary voices — Aneurin Bevan, the architect of the National Health Service and tireless champion of the working class. In Place of Fear is Bevan's defining political manifesto, in which he articulates with fierce clarity his democratic socialist philosophy, arguing for a society built not on privilege and exploitation, but on collective security, dignity, and the eradication of poverty and fear. Drawing from his own experience growing up in the Welsh mining valleys and his decades in Parliament, Bevan presents a powerful case for the socialisation of medicine, the redistribution of wealth, and the role of a truly democratic state. Written in a style that is both intellectually rigorous and deeply personal, the work stands as one of the great political texts of the twentieth century — a challenge to both the complacent right and the doctrinaire left that remains as urgent and unsettling today as when it was first written.
Author: Aneurin Bevan
Format: Hardback
Published: 1952, William Heinemann Ltd
Genre: Politics & law
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair. Jacket: Chipped, torn with minor damage. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: Binding intact, pages aged but holding.
At the heart of post-war British politics stands one of its most passionate and visionary voices — Aneurin Bevan, the architect of the National Health Service and tireless champion of the working class. In Place of Fear is Bevan's defining political manifesto, in which he articulates with fierce clarity his democratic socialist philosophy, arguing for a society built not on privilege and exploitation, but on collective security, dignity, and the eradication of poverty and fear. Drawing from his own experience growing up in the Welsh mining valleys and his decades in Parliament, Bevan presents a powerful case for the socialisation of medicine, the redistribution of wealth, and the role of a truly democratic state. Written in a style that is both intellectually rigorous and deeply personal, the work stands as one of the great political texts of the twentieth century — a challenge to both the complacent right and the doctrinaire left that remains as urgent and unsettling today as when it was first written.