1st Edition
States of Emergency British Governments and Strikebreaking since 1919
322 Pages
by
Routledge
322 Pages
by
Routledge
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States of Emergency (1983) examines the co-ordinated Government planning in Britain to counter major strikes in vital industries, an effort that began in earnest during the aftermath of the First World War. Contingency planning by Whitehall ministers and officials aims to calculate the point at which trade union demands plunge the country into chaos, and how best to mitigate the effects of... Read more
1. War and Revolution 2. Establishing the Supply and Transport Organisation, January 1919–March 1920 3. The Supply and Transport Organisation in Action, April 1920–October 1922 4. Conservative Concern and Labour Caution, Late 1922–February 1926 5. The General Strike and After, March 1926–1939 6. Mr Attlee Faces the Dilemma, 1939/45–April 1947 7. Strikers and Subversives, Spring 1947–1951 8. Contemporary Civil Contingency Planning, 1951–1982 9. Strikebreaking Past and Future
Biography
Peter Hennessy and Keith Jeffery
