ThisbookisthefirstacademicsurveyofLordWoolton’simportantwartimerole,firstasMinisterofFoodandthenasMinisterofReconstruction.UsingWoolton’sDiariesandcorrespondence(includinglettersbetweenWooltonandChurchill),itprovideskeyinsightsintohowtheMinistryofFoodmanagedtooperateundisturbedbywartimebombingoutofitsmainbaseinColwynBaywhileWooltonmaintainedthepropagandamachinefortheMinistryfromhisbaseinLondon.ItenablesafullerunderstandingofthepoliticaldecisionsonrationingandtheconstantchallengesfacingtheMinistry.AlsorevealedisWoolton’sconsciousnessofthesocialimpactofrationingdecisions,evidencedthroughcontemporarynewspaperreports.Thelittle-knownworkhedidasMinisterofReconstruction1943-1945isalsoexplored,providinganewbackgroundtounderstandingthesettingupoftheWelfareStateafter1945.Thematerialisarrangedthematicallywithinthebooktoenableeasynaviagation.
