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The best and most comprehensive account of British politics immediately before, during, and immediately after the Second World War. GUARDIAN

About the Author

Paul Addison teaches history at the University of Edinburgh and is a former visiting Fellow of All Soul's College, Oxford. He is the author of Now the War is Over, a social history of post-war Britain which accompanied an acclaimed BBC television series; and Churchill on the Home Front, described by David Cannadine in the Observer as 'the best one-volume study of Churchill yet available'.

Reviews

'The best and most comprehensive account of British politics immediately before, during, and immediately after the Second World War
*Guardian*

What I find most striking is the beauty of his prose, the force of his argument, and the awesome and painstaking research that underpins it. Although I still do not agree with him, it is one hell of an achievement, and one that has not been matched since
*Times Education Supplement*

This is a landmark in the writing of contemporary history and deserves wide acclaim
*Times Literary Supplement*

Many books have been written about the Home Front. Few have dealt with the development of policies at the top. Addison's book fills the gap magnificently. It tells with wit, scholarship and imagination how the British people entered the Promised Land - or seemed to
*Observer*

This is a brilliant book. It is probably the most intelligent monograph on a recent period of British politics
*New Society*