Post-War Britain: A Political History

Abstract

The General Election of 1945 the Labour government, 1945 the Labour government, 1950-51 the Churchill government, 1951-5 Eden's premiership, 1955-7 the start of the Macmillan era, 1957-4 the Conservative anti-climax, 1959-64 the Labour government, 1964-6 the Labour government, 1966-70 the politics of confrontation - the Heath government 1970-74 the return of Harold Wilson, 1974-6 the Callaghan administration, 1976-9 the first Thatcher government, 1979-83 the second Thatcher government, 1983-7 from Thatcher to Major, 1987-92.