Factors in opposition performance : the Conservative experience since 1867 / Stuart Ball -- The Disraelian achievement : 1868-1874 / Angus Hawkins -- A new style and content : 1880-1885 and 1886 / David Steele -- Opposition from strength : 1892-1895 / David Steele -- Faction and failure : 1905-1910 / Frans Coetzee -- Conservatism in crisis : 1910-1915 / David Dutton -- Democracy and the rise of Labour : 1924 and 1929-1931 / Stuart Ball -- The new Conservatism? : 1945-1951 / David Willetts -- Planning for power : 1964-1970 / Mark Garnett -- The making of Thatcherism : 1974-1979 / Dennis Kavanagh -- The barren years : 1997-2005 / Anthony Seldon and Peter Snowdon -- Appendix : the Conservative party in general elections, 1868-2001.
0
The Conservative's uncomfortable spells in opposition have seen leadership crises, bitter factional strife and intense debate over the party's future direction - yet at the same time they have been the springboard for recovering power, and the foundation for the next spell of political dominance.