544 Pages
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Routledge
544 Pages
by
Routledge
544 Pages
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Routledge
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This comprehensive survey of English history during the first half of the twentieth century has three main themes: the political and social consequences of the replacement of the Liberal Party by the Labour Party; the continuous development of the welfare state; and the changes in England’s imperial and international position caused by the ambitions of Germany and Japan and by the emergence of... Read more
Introduction; Part 1 END AND BEGINNING 1902–1914; Chapter 1 Conspectus, 1902; Chapter 2 Conservative Balance Sheet, 1902–05; Chapter 3 Indian Summer of the Liberals, 1905–09; Chapter 4 Challenge to the Rule of Law, 1909–14; Chapter 5 The German Problem, 1905–14; Part 2 FIRST WORLD WAR 1914–1918; Chapter 6 The Generals' War, 1914–16; Chapter 7 The Generals' War, 1917–18; Chapter 8 The Politicians' War: Asquith in Decline, 1914–16; Chapter 9 The Politicians' War: Lloyd George, 1917–18; Part 3 THE WIZARD MERLIN 1918–1922; Chapter 10 Politicians and Proletariat, 1918–22; Chapter 11 Terror in Ireland, 1916–23; Chapter 12 Peace Making in Europe, 1919–22; Chapter 13 Reshaping the Middle East; India; The Pacific; Chapter 14 The Downfall of Lloyd George, 1922; Part 4 BALDWIN AND MACDONALD 1922–1931; Chapter 15 Signs of the Times; Chapter 16 MacDonald and Baldwin Arrive, 1922–23; Chapter 17 Dilemmas of the First Labour Government, 1924; Chapter 18 Conservative Achievement, 1924–29; Chapter 19 Towards a General Strike, 1922–26; Chapter 20 The General Strike and After, 1926–29; Chapter 21 Second Chance for Labour, 1929–31; Part 5 THE NATIONAL CONSERVATIVES 1931–39; Chapter 22 Labour Breakdown, 1931; Chapter 23 Tory Take-over, 1931–32; Chapter 24 Politics and Economics of Recovery, 1931–39; Chapter 25 The Problem of Unemployment, 1931–39; Part 6 'WITHOUT GRIP OR GRASP': BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY 1931–1939; Chapter 26 Illusion and Reality, 1931–34; Chapter 27 Four-Power Confusion, 1933–35; Chapter 28 Sanctions and the 1935 Election; Chapter 29 The End of Collective Security, 1935–37; Chapter 30 Chamberlain Takes Charge, 1937–38; Chapter 31 Munich, 1938; Chapter 32 United Against Fascism?; Chapter 33 Prague and Danzig, 1939; Part 7 WAR FOR EUROPE AND ASIA; Chapter 34 Bewildered Crusaders, 1939–40; Chapter 35 'A Colossal Military Disaster', 1940; Chapter 36 The Few, the Tools and the Job, 1940; Chapter 37 Which Way to Lebensraum? 1941; Chapter 38 Storm over Asia, 1941–42; Chapter 39 To Alamein and Stalingrad, 1942–43; Part 8 A GRAND ALLIANCE? 1941–1945; Chapter 40 Political and Strategic First Principles, 1941–42; Chapter 41 Casablanca, Moscow, Cairo, Teheran, 1943; Chapter 42 From Normandy to the Ardenness, 1944; Chapter 43 Quebec, Moscow, Dumbarton Oaks, 1944; Chapter 44 Yalta, 1945; Chapter 45 Victory without Peace, 1945; Part 9 BEGINNING AND END, 1945–1951; Chapter 46 The 1945 Election; Chapter 47 Economic and Financial Problems, 1945–50; Chapter 48 Nationalization; Chapter 49 Social Insurance and the National Health Service; Chapter 50 Education, Housing and Town Planning; Chapter 51 India; Palestine; Chapter 52 Struggle for Europe, 1945–49; Chapter 53 Struggle for Asia, 1950–53; Chapter 54 Dying Fall, 1950–51;
Biography
L.C.B. Seaman
