Labour in Power, 1945-1951 / Edition 1

by Kenneth O. Morgan

Overview

This is the only detailed and comprehensive account of the policies, programs, and personalities of the powerful and influential Attlee government. Based on a vast range of previously unpublished material, personal papers, and recently released public records, the book provides in-depth portraits of key figures of the period and compares Britain during these years with other European nations after 1945. In conclusion, Morgan assesses the legacy of this crucial administration for Britain, the western world, the new Commonwealth, and the Labour Party itself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192851505
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	09/28/1985
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	564
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.69(h) x 0.99(d)

About the Author

Queen's College, Oxford

Editorial Reviews

"[A] thoroughly researched and comprehensive account of the postwar Labour governments."—The New Republic

"A remarkable achievement of political history."—A.J.P. Taylor in The London Review of Books

"There is now at last a scholarly, balanced, dispassionate account of the post-World War II British Labour governments."—Choice

"Brilliant and enthralling...History at its very best: careful, balanced, beautifully written and clear."—New Society

"By any standards, it is a considerable achievement....It will be required reading for students of modern history for at least a generation to come."—The Economist

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