CONTENTS

1. Title Page
2. Acknowledgements
3. Preface to the Second Edition
4. Introduction
    
5. 1. A Victorian Upbringing, 1883–1904
6. 2. I Am a Socialist Too, 1904–1914
7. 3. Major Attlee, 1914–1921
8. 4. Member of Parliament, 1922–1931
9. 5. In Opposition, 1931–1935
10. 6. Party Leader, 1935–1940
11. 7. Lord Privy Seal, 1940–1942
12. 8. Deputy Prime Minister, 1942–1945
13. 9. The 1945 Election
14. 10. Disillusion: Foreign Policy, 1945–1946
15. 11. Annus Mirabilis, 1945–1946
16. 12. Withdrawal from India, 1945–1947
17. 13. Palestine, 1945–1948
18. 14. Annus Horrendus, 1947
19. 15. Building the Atlantic Alliance, 1947–1951
20. 16. From Lord Haw-Haw to Burgess and Maclean, 1945–1951
21. 17. Losing Momentum, 1948–1951
22. 18. Passing the Torch, 1951–1955
23. 19. Elder Statesman, 1955–1967
24. 20. The Inevitable Prime Minister
     
25. Bibliography
26. Index
27. Plates
28. Copyright