Churchill's Indian summer : the Conservative government, 1951-55 / Anthony Seldon
1981, First Edition. London : Hodder & Stoughton. Fine cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #468781
ISBN: 0340254564
Physical description; xvii, 667 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 627-645) and index. Contents; A Note on Sources, Nomenclature and Terminology xi -- Abbreviations xv -- Introduction 1 -- Chapter 1 The Post-War Inheritance 5 -- Part 1 The Road to 1951 5 -- Part 2 The 1951 Election Issues 18 -- Part 3 The Inheritance: October 1951 21 -- Chapter 2 Prime Minister and Government I 28 -- Part 1 The Prime Minister 28 -- Part 2 The Succession 38 -- Part 3 Government Policy and the Media 54 -- Part 4 General Elections 70 -- Chapter 3 Prime Minister and Government II 76 -- Part 1 Appointments and Reshuffles 76 -- Part 2 The Cabinet 84 -- Part 3 Non-Departmental and Junior Ministers 97 -- Part 4 Co-ordinating Ministers 102 -- Chapter 4 Administrative Affairs 107 -- Part 1 The Civil Service 107 -- Part 2 The Cabinet Office 114 -- Part 3 The Home Office 119 -- Part 4 The Scottish Office 130 -- Part 5 The Post Office 140 -- Part 6 The Lord Chancellor and Law Officers 146 -- Part 7 The Ministry of Works 151 -- Chapter 5 Economic Policy I 154 -- Part 1 The Treasury 154 -- Part 2 Economic Policy 169 -- Part 3 The Board of Trade 178 -- Part 4 The Nationalised Industries 186 -- Chapter 6 Economic Policy II 196 -- Part 1 The Ministry of Labour and National 196 -- Service -- Part 2 The Ministry of Food 207 -- Part 3 The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries 213 -- Part 4 The Ministry of Materials 221 -- Part 5 The Ministry of Transport and Civil 226 -- Aviation -- Part 6 The Ministry of Fuel and Power 234 -- Chapter 7 Social Policy 244 -- Part 1 The Conservatives and the Welfare State 244 -- Part 2 The Ministry of Housing and Local 247 -- Government -- Part 3 The Ministry of Health 262 -- Part 4 The Ministry of Education 270 -- Part 5 The Ministry of Pensions 282 -- Part 6 The Ministry of National Insurance 286 -- Chapter 8 Defence Policy 295 -- Part 1 The Ministry of Defence 295 -- Part 2 The War Office 306 -- Part 3 The Admiralty 311 -- Part 4 The Air Ministry 316 -- Part 5 The Ministry of Supply 321 -- Part 6 Assessment 327 -- Chapter 9 Commonwealth and Colonial Policy 336 -- Part 1 The Commonwealth Relations Office 336 -- Part 2 The Colonial Office 347 -- Part 3 South-East Asia 355 -- Part 4 Africa 359 -- Part 5 Assessment 375 -- Chapter 10 Foreign Policy 379 -- Part 1 The Foreign Office 379 -- Part 2 'The Special Relationship' 387 -- Part 3 Churchill's Proposal for a Soviet Union 396 -- Summit -- Part 4 Assessment 409 -- Epilogue I 416 -- The Legacy: May 1955 -- Epilogue II 419 -- Conclusions -- Epilogue III 436 -- Churchill 1951-5: His Place in History -- Appendices -- Appendix I 441 -- Gallup Political Barometers: 1951-5 -- Appendix II 444 -- Ministers and Senior Officials -- Appendix III 461 -- Election Statistics -- Appendix IV 466 -- Major Acts. White Papers and Reports -- Appendix V 480 -- Officers of the Conservative Party's Parliamentary -- Committees -- Appendix VI 485 -- Public Corporations, Authorities, Boards and -- Commissions -- Appendix VII 488 -- Party Officers -- Appendix VIII 490 -- Trade Union Leaders -- Appendix IX 492 -- Commonwealth and Colonial Officers. Subjects; Churchill, Winston 1874-1965. Churchill, Winston S. (Winston Spencer) 1874-1965. Conservative Party. Conservative Party (Great Britain) History 20th century. Conservative Party (Great Britain). 1945-1964.
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