Inside the Department of Economic Affairs: Samuel Brittan, the Diary of an 'Irregular', 1964-6

by Samuel Brittan and Roger Middleton

The rise and fall of the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) parallels the promised but eventually unfulfilled modernization agenda of the 1964-6 Wilson government. The diary kept by Samuel Brittan (in contravention of civil service rules) for the fourteen months in which he served as an 'irregular' in the DEA provides a unique source for understanding the growth ambitions of the new government and why they quickly ran into the sands. Published here...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197265006
• ISBN13: 9780197265000
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: British Academy
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"