HENNESSY, Peter

HENNESSY, Peter. British, b. 1947. Genres: History, Politics/Government. Career: Whitehall, Watch, Columnist, The Independent, London, 1987-91. Visiting Professor of Government, University of Strathclyde, since 1989. Reporter, 1974-76, Whitehall Correspondent, 1976-82, and Leader Writer, 1982-84, The Times, London. Visiting Fellow, Policies Studies Institute, London, 1985-91; Presenter of Granada Television Series "Under Fire," 1985-87; Author and Presenter of Brook Prod. Television "All the Prime Minister's Men," 1986; Author and Presenter, BBC Radio 3's prog., A Canal Too Far, 170, 1987; BBC Radio 4's Analysis, Presenter, 1986-92; University of London, director magazine, columnist, 1989; Queen Mary and Westfield College, professor of contemporary history, 1992. Publications: (with C. Bennett) A Consumer's Guide to Open Government, 1980; (with K. Jeffery) States of Emergency: British Governments and Strikebreaking since 1919, 1983; (with A. Arends) Mr. Attlee's Engine Room, 1983; (with M. Cockerell and D. Walker) Sources Close to the Prime Minister: Inside the Hidden World of the News Manipulators, 1984; (with S. Morrison and R. Townsend) Routine Punctuated by Orgies: The Central Policy Review Staff, 1970-83, 1985; (with Sir D. Hague) How Adolph Hitler Reformed Whitehall, 1985; What the Papers Never Said, 1985; Cabinet, 1986; The Great and the Good: An Inquiry Into the British Establishment, 1986; (ed. with A. Seldon) Ruling Performance: British Governments from Attlee to Thatcher, 1987; Whitehall, 1989; Never Again: Britain 1945-51, 1992; The Hidden Wiring: Unearthing the British Constitution, 1995; Muddling Through: Power, Politics and the Quality of Government in Postwar Britain, 1996. Address: 26 Merton Rd, London E17 9DE, England.