Table of Contents

Britain in 1900: Salisbury and Balfour 1900-05 The Liberal Government, 1905-10 The Liberal Government, 1910-14: A 'General Crisis'? The First World War, 1914-18 The Post War Lloyd George Coalition, 1918-22 Britain in the 1920s: Bonar Law, Macdonald, Baldwin The Second Labour Administration and the National Government, 1929-35 The National Government from Recovery to War, 1935-39 The Second World War, 1939-45 The Labour Government of 1945-51 The Tories' Thirteen Years, 1951-64 Reversing British Decline? Wilson, Heath, Callaghan, 1964-79 The Thatcher Era, 1979-90 In Thatcher's Wake: John Major and Tony Blair, 1990-2000 Index.

About the Author

WILLIAM D. RUBINSTEIN is Professor of Modern History at the University of Wales-Aberystwyth. He has written widely on modern British history and on many other subjects.