Britain Since 1945
A Political History
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Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-39327-0
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 11th April 2006
- Pages: 480
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About the Book
Bringing the picture right up to date, this sixth edition of the most reliable basic text on recent political history not only discusses domestic policy and politics in particular, but also covers external and international relations.
New additions for this edition include:
- a discussion of 11 September 2001
- the Iraq War and after
- the election of Iain Duncan Smith and Michael Howard as leaders of the Conservative Party
- immigration, asylum and identity
- the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles
- the 2005 election and Blair's standing as Prime Minister
- the controversy over fox hunting, the Gambling Act and 24-hour drinking
- the importance of China on the British arena.
Established and authoritative, this volume is a crucial text for all students of contemporary British history and politics.
Table of Contents
1. Summer Victories 2. Achievement and Austerity under Attlee, 194551 3. Colonial Retreat and Cold War 4. Churchill and Eden, 19511957 5. Macmillan and the Affluent Society, 195764 6. Wilson's Attempts at Reform, 196470 7. The Unexpected Prime Minister: Edward Heath, 197074 8. Labour's Minority Governments, 197479 9. The Thatcher 'Revolution', 197983 10. Thatcher in Decline, 19831990 11. In Major's 'Classless Society', 199096 12. Blair's First Term, 19972001 13. Blairs Governments, 20012005 14. Blair's Third TermAbout the Author(s)
David Childs is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Politics at the University of Nottingham.