Directly relevant to student exam questions and courses, this text examines all the major themes, personalities and issues of this important period in a clear and digestible form. It is also illustrated with helpful maps, charts and diagrams

List of Illustrations. 1. Introduction to British political history 1914-95. 2. The First World and its impact. 3. The decline of the Liberal party 1914-40. 4. The 1924 Labout government. 5. Baldwin and the Conservative ascendancy between the wars. 6. The General Strike. 7. The first crisis of Labout 1929-39. 8. The economy, unemployment and government policy between the wars. 9. Versailles, foreign policy and collective security 1918-33. 10. Foreign policy and appeasement 1933-9. 11. The Second World War and its impact. 12. The Labour government 1945-51. 13. The Conservative decade: domestic policies 1951-64. 14. Years of reform and crisis 1964-79. 15. Thatcherism and after, 1979-95. 16. The second crisis of Labour 1979-92. 17. Foreign policy and defence 1945-70. 18. Foreign policy and defence 1970-95. 19. Britain and Europe since 1945. 20. The British Empire and Commonwealth in the twentieth century. 21. The Irish issue 1914-96. 22. Equal opportunities and women's rights in twentieth-century Britain. 23. Immigration, race relations and the plural society. 24. Primary sources for British political history 1914-95. Notes. Select Bibliography. Index.