| The Politics of Crisis: An Interpretation of British Politics, 1931-1945 2001 Edition Contributor(s): Fry, G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333726197 ISBN-13: 9780333726198 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2001 Annotation: Geoffrey Fry offers a challenging new interpretation of one of the most dramatic periods in British political history. From the Great Depression to the end of World War II, Fry assesses the record of British governments--and finds new cause to overturn conventional wisdom about the successes--and failures--of British political leadership at home and at war. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Political Science | American Government - State - Political Science | World - European |
| Dewey: 941.083 |
| LCCN: 00069473 |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 5.64" W x 8.68" (1.28 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Politics of Crisis is an interpretation of the most dramatic periods of modern British political history - the decade and a half between 1931 and 1945. Formed to sustain the British economy in the midst of the Great Depression, the National Governments of the 1930s achieved this and more, and electoral popularity unmatched since. Yet the conventional wisdom about those Governments is full of the unemployment that they inherited, as it is of the image of Neville Chamberlain trying and failing to buy peace from Hitler at Munich. For then comes the Second World War and Winston Churchill and victory of a kind for Britain, and a curious form of domestic politics that, with peace restored, witnesses the victor turned out of office. The Politics of Crisis clinically assesses the evidence and these events and provides a challenging and new interpretation of them. |
