The Right Line: The Politics, Planning and Against-the-odds Gamble Behind Britain's First High-speed Railway - Hardcover

Faith, Nicholas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1898618038 ISBN 13: 9781898618034

Verlag: Segrave Foulkes, 2007

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'A drama of almost gladiatorial quality. It has lessons for students of politics and government not to mention all the ex-students now plying their trade who have much to learn from the many mistakes and rare successes of their predecessors.' --Professor Sir Peter Hall, Professor of Planning & Regeneration, University of London

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'Britain is no longer separated from Europe by the Channel. it is separated by Kent.' The backstage story, unbelievable, frustrating, at times hilarious, of why Britain's first high-speed rail line, to the Channel Tunnel, took so long to come to pass. It tells how a tiny group of engineers and economists, aided at crucial points by two far-sighted politicians, won an audacious gamble against the political, planning and engineering Establishments. The original plan for the railway was deeply flawed: the combined intellects of Whitehall, British Rail and expert consultants chose a route that threatened 5,000 homes, aroused massive opposition and triggered a major political row. The route eventually chosen was: welcomed by the areas it passes through; spurred £10 billion of development in run-down parts of East London and North Kent; made the London 2012 Olympics possible. The Right Line, by a master of business history, tells how all this was achieved. The plot twists in what has been called 'a political whodunnit'. This story is not just about a railway line. It is a major and wide-ranging work of contemporary history, shining a powerful spotlight on Britain, the British and the way we are governed.

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• Verlag: Segrave Foulkes
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1898618038
• ISBN 13: 9781898618034
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 166