Andrew Alexander (journalist)
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Andrew Alexander (May 1935 – 5 July 2015) was an English journalist and columnist for The Daily Mail.[1]
He was the son of S. W. Alexander.[2] He was the unsuccessful Conservative candidate at the Colne Valley by-election, 1963.[3] He won Specialist Writer of the Year in the British Press Awards for 1976.[4] He was denounced in the House of Commons by the Labour MP Dennis Canavan as "that prizewinning cynical jackass".[5]
He is most known for writing a book on American Imperialism titled America and the Imperialism of Ignorance.[6]
Alexander died at age 80 on 5 July 2015.[7]
Works
- (with Alan Watkins), The Making of the Prime Minister 1970 (London: Macdonald, 1970).
- America and the Imperialism of Ignorance: US Foreign Policy since 1945 (London: Biteback, 2011).
References
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- ↑ The Times (27 July 1966), p. 14.
- ↑ The Times (22 March 1963), p. 12.
- ↑ The Times (3 March 1977), p. 2.
- ↑ PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS), HC Deb 21 April 1977 vol 930 cc359-63.
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