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Description edit
This penetrating analysis is the first comprehensive study by a professional historian of British history from 1945 to the present day. It examines the transformation of post-war Britain from the planning enthusiasm of 1945 to the rise of New Labour. Using a wide variety of sources, including... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Harold Wilson: Add a description of this character.
- Mrs Thatcher
- James Callaghan
- Macmillan
- Gaitskell
- Aneurin Bevan
- Butler
- Bevin
- Attlee
- Churchill
- Michael Foot
- Cripps
- Roy Jenkins
- Heath
- Tony Blair
- John Major
- Denis Healey
- Macleod
- Jack Jones
- Herbert Morrison
- Thorneycroft
- Anthony Crosland
- George Brown
- Tony Benn
- Eden
- Hugh Dalton
- Crossman
- Neil Kinnock
- Selwyn Lloyd
- Lawson
- Monckton
- Keynes
- Enoch Powell
- Michael Heseltine
- Diana
- Arthur Scargill
- Nasser
- Douglas Jay
Setting & Locations edit
- Britain
- London
- Europe
- Scotland
- South Wales
- England
- Northern Ireland
- Middle East
- United States
- India
- Egypt
- Cyprus
- France
- Germany
- United Kingdom
- Jordan
- South Africa
- Washington
- Palestine
- Iraq
- Southern Rhodesia
- Whitehall
- Dublin
- Kenya
- Cambridge
- Aden
- Israel
- North Sea
- Brussels
- Singapore
- Belfast
- Australia
- Downing Street
- Nigeria
- Paris
- Merseyside
- Beveridge
- Hong Kong
- Pakistan
- Japan
- Libya
- Persian Gulf
- America
- Falklands
- Kuwait
First Sentence edit
'NATIONAL unity', declared Sir William Beveridge in 1934.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Kenneth O. Morgan (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 941.085
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