Contents

Maps

1. Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2. The British Empire in 1920

Prologue

1 Hands Off the People’s Food 1900–1908

A TRADING NATION – IMPERIALISM – JOE’S WARS – THE ROAD TO 1906 – THE ROAD TO BIARRITZ

2 Wait and See 1908–16

WELFARE – A POPULAR CULTURE – FISCAL CRISIS – IRELAND – THE POLITICS OF WAR

3 The Man Who Won the War 1916–22

THE WESTERN FRONT – LLOYD GEORGE AND THE WAR – WOMEN AND LABOUR – LLOYD GEORGE AND THE PEACE

4 Safety First 1922–9

COMMUNICATIONS – RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT – ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES – BALDWIN IN POWER

5 Economic Blizzard 1929–37

BRICKS AND MORTAR – CRISIS – CHURCH AND STATE – CULTURE AND POLITICS – NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

6 Guilty Men 1937–45

APPEASEMENTS – FINEST HOUR – BLOOD AND TEARS – WHOSE GOOD WAR?

7 Let Us Face the Future 1945–55

CRADLE TO GRAVE – THE POST-WAR SETTLEMENT – ONE WAR TOO MANY – CHURCHILL (AGAIN)

8 Never Had It So Good 1955–63

A CONSUMER CULTURE – EDEN’S WAR – ‘SUPERMAC’ – ANGRY

9 In Place of Strife 1963–70

YOUTH – CONSENSUS POLITICS – SOCIAL POLICY – RECOVERY

10 Winters of DisContentsTextIndent1 1970–79

BRITONS? – TWEEDLEDEE – QUESTIONS OF IDENTITY – TWEEDLEDUM

11 Rejoice? 1979–90

GENDER – THATCHERISM – VALUES – BOOM AND BUST

12 A Young Country 1990–2000

MAJOR TO MINOR – NEW LABOUR – CELEBRITY! – THE RULE OF LAW

Epilogue

Appendix: Governments and Elections 1895–2001

Bibliographical Essay

Acknowledgements

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