Extraordinary ordinary men. Biographies of Dutch post-war premiers reviewed
This article reviews three biographies of former Dutch prime ministers: wartime Prime Minister Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885–1961), the first post-war Prime Minister Willem Schermerhorn (1894–1977) and the last volume of the biography of “vadertje” (daddy) Willem Drees (1886–1988). In this article, I will discuss the biographies of these three statesmen, all published in quick succession in 2014, as a case in point to investigate whether we can learn political or other lessons from former political leaders, and to reflect on the status quaestionis of political biographies as a genre.... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2016 |
| Reihe/Periodikum: | European Journal of Life Writing, Vol 5, Pp R3-R15 (2016) |
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University of Groningen Press
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| Schlagwörter: | biography / prime minister / post-war / CT21-9999 / Literature (General) / PN1-6790 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27404372 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.5463/ejlw.5.192 |
This article reviews three biographies of former Dutch prime ministers: wartime Prime Minister Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885–1961), the first post-war Prime Minister Willem Schermerhorn (1894–1977) and the last volume of the biography of “vadertje” (daddy) Willem Drees (1886–1988). In this article, I will discuss the biographies of these three statesmen, all published in quick succession in 2014, as a case in point to investigate whether we can learn political or other lessons from former political leaders, and to reflect on the status quaestionis of political biographies as a genre.