The Politics of Decline : An Interpretation of British Politics from the 1940s to the 1970s /

Britain was victorious in the Second World War, and yet thirty years later she had many of the characteristics of a defeated nation. What went wrong? The Politics of Decline sets out the assumptions of the 1940s and clinically examines the records of successive Governments as they strove to run the...

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Main Author:	Fry, Geoffrey K. (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Subjects:	History. British Politics. History of Britain and Ireland. Political Science. Political science. Great Britain > History. Great Britain > Politics and government. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Britain was victorious in the Second World War, and yet thirty years later she had many of the characteristics of a defeated nation. What went wrong? The Politics of Decline sets out the assumptions of the 1940s and clinically examines the records of successive Governments as they strove to run the country in the approved manner. The I.M.F. crisis of 1976 brought these efforts to a shuddering halt. Using original sources, this book marshals the evidence to support a compellingly written interpretation of events.
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (X, 307 pages)
ISBN:	9780230554450
DOI:	10.1057/9780230554450