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Peter Hennessy

ピーター・ヘネッシー

Pītā Henesshī

別名: Peter John Hennessy / Baron Hennessy of Nympsfield / Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield / The Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1947-03-28 （Edmonton, London）
国籍
British
言語
English
宗教
Catholic
居住地歴
North London (Edmonton, Finchley) → Cotswolds (Stroud area) → London

経歴

職業
Historian, Academic, Journalist
活動期間
1969年〜
所属
Queen Mary University of London, Institute of Contemporary British History, Gresham College, House of Lords
所属団体
Fellow of the British Academy (FBA)

学歴

St Benedict's School, Ealing
国: United Kingdom
Secondary school
Marling School
国: United Kingdom
Grammar school
St John's College, Cambridge
Faculty of History / Contemporary British History
学位: BA (1969), PhD (1990)
期間: 1960年代-1990
卒業年: 1969
国: United Kingdom
Kennedy Memorial Scholar at Harvard (1971-1972)
Harvard University
学位: Kennedy Memorial Scholar
期間: 1971-1972
国: United States

受賞歴

Duff Cooper Prize
1992
対象作品: Never Again: Britain 1945–1951
結果: winner
NCR Book Award
1993
対象作品: Never Again: Britain 1945–1951
結果: winner
Orwell Prize
2007
対象作品: Having It So Good: Britain in the 1950s
部門: 政治執筆
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Never Again: Britain 1945–1951

1992年 History

Analysis of post-war Britain from 1945 to 1951.

Post-war recoveryGovernment operationsBritish constitution

Whitehall

1989年 Political History

Study of the British civil service and government machinery.

BureaucracyGovernment secrets

Having It So Good: Britain in the 1950s

2006年 History

Britain in the 1950s and the rise of Harold Macmillan.

1950s BritainWelfare state

The Secret State: Whitehall and the Cold War

2002年 History

Whitehall and the Cold War secret state.

Cold WarIntelligence

全著作

  • Cabinet (1986)
  • Whitehall (1989)
  • Never Again: Britain 1945–51 (1992)
  • Pathways to the Pigeon Hole? (1993)
  • The Hidden Wiring (1995)
  • Ready, Steady, Go! (1997)
  • The Blair Centre (1999)
  • The Prime Minister (2000)
  • The Secret State (2002)
  • Rulers and Servants of the State (2004)
  • Having It So Good (2006)
  • Cabinets and the Bomb (2007)
  • The New Protective State (2007)
  • The Secret State: Preparing For The Worst 1945–2010 (2010)
  • Distilling the Frenzy (2012)
  • Establishment and Meritocracy (2014)
  • Kingdom to Come (2015)
  • Reflections: Conversations with Politicians (2016)
  • The Silent Deep (2015) with James Jinks
  • Winds of Change (2019)
  • The Complete Reflections (2020)
  • A Duty of Care (2022)
  • The Bonfire of the Decencies (2022)
  • On the Back of an Envelope (2024)

作風・主題

文体
Archival-based detailed narrativeInsider interviewsAccessible prose with oral history
頻出モチーフ
British governmental 'machinery'Continuity of post-war BritainDeclassification of secretsConstitutional crises

健康

  • Parkinson's disease
    2019年-現在（初期段階）
    Early-stage, no significant impact on work reported

評価・遺産

Leading authority on contemporary British history, author of seminal works on post-war government, winner of major prizes including Duff Cooper and Orwell, FBA, and House of Lords peer.

関連学会

  • British Academy

資料所蔵先

  • Queen Mary, University of London Archives

大衆文化への影響

  • Frequent BBC radio appearances

豆知識

  • From large Irish Catholic family
  • Raised in council-requisitioned houses in north London
  • Married to Enid, lives in London, two daughters
  • Crossbencher in House of Lords
  • Called Partygate the worst constitutional crisis involving a PM