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Sep 2, 2007 · FOR political junkies, “The Blair Years” is riveting stuff. Alastair Campbell offers the real thing — an unvarnished portrait of the players at the top of the British Labor Party as they ...
The Blair Years. by Alastair Campbell. Recommendations from our site. “The thing about Alastair is he did enjoy total access at the highest level – in public Blair always appeared utterly self-assured and totally confident, but when you read these diaries a slightly different picture emerges.
1,336 ratings97 reviews. A revelatory account of Tony Blair’s tumultuous leadership, The Blair Years gathers extracts from the diaries of the man who knew him Alastair Campbell—Blair’s spokesman from 1994 to 2003, his press secretary, strategist, and closest confidant.
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Jul 31, 2007 · The Blair Years is a story of politics in the raw, of progress and setback, of reputations made and destroyed, under the relentless scrutiny of a 24-hour media. Unflinchingly told, it covers the crises and scandals, the rows and resignations, the ups and downs at No. 10 Downing Street.
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Nov 1, 2007 · For nearly a decade as Prime Minister Tony Blair's top political adviser, Campbell took time almost every day to write in his dairy. These "extracts" -- Campbell estimates these more than 700 pages to be only around one-sixth of the entire diary -- offer a fascinating study of power and a rare look behind the scenes of the Blair government.
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Jan 1, 2007 · The "Blair Years" is the most compelling and revealing account of contemporary politics you will ever hear. Taken from Alastair Campbell's daily diaries, it charts the rise of New Labour and the tumultuous years of Tony Blair's leadership, providing the first important record of a remarkable decade in our national life.
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