William Armstrong and British Policy Making

Kevin Theakston is Professor of British Government at the University of Leeds, UK, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He has published 12 previous books, including The Labour Party and Whitehall (1992), The Civil Service Since 1945 (1995), Leadership in Whitehall (1999), and After Number 10: Former Prime Ministers in British Politics (2010).  Philip Connelly spent 18 years with BP, where he held senior appointments in government relations, policy planning and corporate affairs. He was also a Deputy Director of the CBI and UK Director of the British-North American Committee. He published two previous books, The Politics of Scarcity: Resource Conflicts in International Relations (co-author, 1975) and Dealing with Whitehall (1992).

• Preface.- Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. William Armstrong: family background and education.- Chapter 3. Climbing the Whitehall ladder.- Chapter 4. Head of the Treasury 1962-68.- Chapter 5. Head of the Home Civil Service 1968-74.- Chapter 6. ‘Deputy Prime Minister’ under Heath.- Chapter 7. The Midland Bank years.- Chapter 8. William Armstrong: an assessment.