The Rise Of Enoch Powell
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A gripping political biography, The Rise of Enoch Powell chronicles the controversial ascent of one of Britain's most polarising post-war politicians. Written by journalist and socialist Paul Foot, the book dissects Powell's trajectory from academic prodigy to Conservative MP, culminating in his notorious 1968 Rivers of Blood speech that ignited a national firestorm over immigration and race. Foot argues with unflinching clarity that Powell's populist rhetoric, far from being principled conservatism, was a calculated appeal to racial anxieties that reshaped British political discourse for decades. Sharp, polemical, and meticulously researched, the work stands as both a character study and a damning indictment of demagoguery in democratic politics.
Author: Paul Foot
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A gripping political biography, The Rise of Enoch Powell chronicles the controversial ascent of one of Britain's most polarising post-war politicians. Written by journalist and socialist Paul Foot, the book dissects Powell's trajectory from academic prodigy to Conservative MP, culminating in his notorious 1968 Rivers of Blood speech that ignited a national firestorm over immigration and race. Foot argues with unflinching clarity that Powell's populist rhetoric, far from being principled conservatism, was a calculated appeal to racial anxieties that reshaped British political discourse for decades. Sharp, polemical, and meticulously researched, the work stands as both a character study and a damning indictment of demagoguery in democratic politics.