Robert Crowcroft

The End Is Nigh

British Politics, Power, and the Road to the Second World War

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Produktbeschreibung

The tale of the relentless intrigue, burning ambition, and bitter rivalry in British politics during the years preceding the Second World War, exploring the interaction between Westminster and a world primed to explode.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9780198823698
• ISBN-10: 019882369X
• Artikelnr.: 53933375

Autorenporträt

Robert Crowcroft is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Edinburgh. Educated at the University of Leeds, he has published widely in British political history and has particular interests in leadership, the character of democratic politics, and the Second World War. His first book, Attlee's War: World War II and the Making of a Labour Leader (I.B. Tauris, 2011), was named one of the best books of 2011 in Total Politics magazine. His recent publications (as co-editor) include The Oxford Handbook of Modern British Political History, 1800-2000 (OUP, 2018) and the latest edition of the popular reference book The Oxford Companion to British History (OUP, 2015).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1: The Conservative Ascendancy
2: Empire and Intrigue
3: The Politics of Foreign Policy
4: Defending the Realm
5: Mr. Chamberlain's Quest
6: A Cacophony of Voices
7: Who Governs Britain?
8: Planting the Flag
9: The Die is Cast
10: State of Siege
11: Death in the Fjords
12: A New Order
Conclusion
Notes
Index