Britain since 1945

BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
LIST OF TABLES......Page 13
PREFACE......Page 15
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 16
NOTE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO THE SECOND EDITION......Page 17
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO THE THIRD EDITION......Page 18
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO THE FOURTH EDITION......Page 19
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO THE FIFTH EDITION......Page 20
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO THE SIXTH EDITION......Page 21
ABBREVATIONS......Page 22
1. SUMMER VICTORIES......Page 26
2. ACHIEVEMENTS AND AUSTERITY UNDER ATTLEE, 1945-51......Page 35
3. COLONIAL RETREAT AND COLD WAR......Page 53
4. CHURCHILL AND EDEN, 1951-57......Page 79
5. MACMILLAN AND THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY, 1957-64......Page 95
6. WILSON\'S ATTEMPTS AT REFORM, 1964-70......Page 142
7. THE UNEXPECTED PRIME MINISTER: EDWARD HEATH, 1970-74......Page 187
8. LABOUR\'S MINORITY GOVERNMENTS, 1974-79......Page 204
9. THATCHER\'S \'REVOLUTION\', 1979-83......Page 238
10. THATCHER: TRIUMPH AND FALL, 1983-90......Page 259
11. IN MAJOR\'S \'CLASSLESS SOCIETY\', 1990-96......Page 297
12. BLAIR\'S FIRST TERM, 1997-2001......Page 332
13. BLAIR\'S GOVERNMENTS, 2001-05......Page 373
14. BLAIR\'S THIRD TERM......Page 417
APPENDIX: TABLES......Page 438
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 445
INDEX......Page 457