Herbert Samuel - A Political Life

by Bernard Wasserstein

Herbert Samuel's extraordinarily long political career began in the age of Gladstone and ended in the era of Grimond. Wasserstein assesses the vital role played by Samuel in the survival of the Liberal Party and his part in translating that doctrine into legislation that laid the foundations of the welfare state. He played a central role in the history of Zionism, serving as first British High Commissioner in Palestine from 1920 to 1925. He returned...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198226489
• ISBN13: 9780198226482
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 2.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.6"