 | Malcolm MacDonald: Bringing an End to Empire Subjects: MacDonald Malcolm 1901–1981; Commonwealth countries -- History; Diplomats -- Great Britain -- Biography; Great Britain -- Colonies -- History; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Cabinet ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Malcolm MacDonald (1901-1981) played a central role in the decolonization of the British Empire. The son of Britain's first Socialist prime minister, Ramsay MacDonald, Malcolm soon emerged from his father's shadow to take a crucial political and diplomatic part in the shaping of the Commonwealth. In this first biography of a highly unusual public figure, Clyde Sanger gives a full account of both MacDonald's working life, from early successes in Ireland to a crashing failure over Palestine, and his complex private life. |
