Includes bibliographical references (pages 420-431) and index.
1. Summer victories -- 2. Achievement and austerity under Attlee, 1945-51 -- 3. Colonial retreat and cold war -- 4. Churchill and Eden, 1951-57 -- 5. Macmillan and the affluent society, 1957-64 -- 6. Wilson's attempts at reform, 1964-70 -- 7. The unexpected prime minister : Edward Heath, 1970-74 -- 8. Labour's minority governments, 1974-79 -- 9. Thatcher's 'revolution', 1979-83 -- 10. Thatcher : triumph and fall, 1983-90 -- 11. In Major's 'classless society', 1990-96 -- 12. Blair's first term, 1997-2001 -- 13. Blair's governments, 2001-05 -- 14. Blair's third term.
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This standard text focuses on domestic policy and politics but also gives weight to external and international relations. In this edition, Childs explores the economic impact of Thatcherism and covers key topics such as the monarchy in crisis.