Attlee also initiated key advancements in international relations by supporting the development of both the United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and by granting independence to India, Burma, and Ceylon. In 1948, he established the National Health Service as part of his "British New Deal"-a comprehensive, universal system of insurance, welfare, and family allowances to be enjoyed by all citizens. The tenure of the man sometimes called "a sheep in sheep's clothing" because of his non-Churchillian reticence and humility was profoundly radical.
Alternatively criticized for being "too socialist" or "not radical enough," Attlee's quiet tenacity was intrinsic to his success.
Winston Churchill's wartime heroics and larger-than-life personality propelled him to the center of the world stage in the 20īew's thorough and shrewd examination of Attlee's gradual rise to power, from Labor Party backbencher to deputy prime minister during World War II, to 10 Downing Street, illuminates how his progressive convictions shaped domestic and international policy.
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