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Zusatztext Kenneth Morgan's account of the Suez crisis and Macmillan's wretched performance in it is masterly ... Often our historians have been our best prophets, and it is good to see Oxford upholding that splendid, iconoclastic tradition. Informationen zum Autor Kenneth O. Morgan is Principal of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and is the author of such books as Labour People, Rebirth of a Nation: Wales 1880-1980, and is editor of The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain. Klappentext The People's Peace is the first comprehensive study by a professional historian of British history from 1945 to the present day. It examines the transformation of post-war Britain from the planning enthusiasm of 1945 to the end of the era of Thatcherism. Zusammenfassung The People's Peace provides the first comprehensive study for the general reader of British history from 1945 to the present in a single volume. Kenneth Morgan examines the transformation of post-war Britain from the planning enthusiasm of 1945 to the ethics of Thatcherism. Well-known as a Labour historian, he gives an assessment of Thatcherism within the context of post-war politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis I: The era of advance, 1945-1961; The facade of unity; Labour's high noon, 1945-1947; The collectivist retreat, 1948-1951; The Conservative compromise, 1951-1956; The zenith of one-nation Toryism, 1957-1961; II: The years of retreat, 1961-1979; The stagnant society, 1961-1964; Labour blown off course, 1964-1967; Years of hard slog, 1968-1970; The Heath experiment, 1970-1974; Labour's final term, 1974-1976; Years of discontent, 1977-1979; III: Storm and stress, 1979-1989: The foundations of 'Thatcherism', 1979-1983; High noon for the new right - resurgence or retreat? 1983-1989; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index
