Post-Victorian Britain 1902-1951 de L.C.B. Seaman

Post-Victorian Britain 1902-1951

L.C.B. Seaman

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 the U.S.A and the U.S.S.R as world powers. The leading personalities of the period are brilliantly portrayed and the issues challengingly presently.

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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;

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