ABSTRACT

Aspects of British Political History 1914-1995 examines all the major themes, personalities and issues of this important period in a clear and digestible form. It:
* introduces fresh angles to long-studied topics
* consolidates a great body of recent research
* analyses views of different historians
* offers an interpretive rather than narrative approach * gives concise treatment to complex issues
* is directly relevant to student questions and courses
* is carefully organised to reflect the way teachers tackle these courses
* is illustrated with helpful maps, charts, illustrations and photographs.

chapter 2|16 pages

THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND ITS IMPACT

chapter 3|16 pages

THE DECLINE OF THE LIBERAL PARTY 1914–40

chapter 4|14 pages

THE 1924 LABOUR GOVERNMENT

chapter 6|14 pages

THE GENERAL STRIKE

chapter 7|12 pages

THE FIRST CRISIS OF LABOUR 1929–39

chapter 10|22 pages

FOREIGN POLICY AND APPEASEMENT 1933–9

chapter 11|14 pages

THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND ITS IMPACT

chapter 12|16 pages

THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT 1945–51

chapter 14|18 pages

YEARS OF REFORM AND CRISIS 1964–79

chapter 15|18 pages

THATCHERISM AND AFTER, 1979–95

chapter 16|14 pages

THE SECOND CRISIS OF LABOUR 1979–92

chapter 17|14 pages

FOREIGN POLICY AND DEFENCE 1945–70

chapter 18|10 pages

FOREIGN POLICY AND DEFENCE 1970–95

chapter 19|18 pages

BRITAIN AND EUROPE SINCE 1945

chapter 21|18 pages

THE IRISH ISSUE 1914–96