Table of Contents

Illustrations; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Early days; 2. Enterprise and ambition; 3. 'The coming man'; 4. Party leader; 5. Unfinished business; 6. Ireland: 'We are in for troublous times'; 7. 'Ulster, Ulster, all the time'; 8. To the brink; 9. The liberals' war; 10. Colonial secretary; 11. The December crisis; 12. Partnership; 13. The challenge of peace; 14. Renewal; 15. 'A real old Tory cabinet'; 16. Coda; Notes; Bibliographic note; Index.

About the Author

R. J. Q. Adams is Professor of History at Texas A & M University. Among his books is British Politics and Foreign Policy in the Age of Appeasement, 1935-1939 (Stanford, 1993).

Reviews

"A masterly life of a modest man who led the Conservatives out of the wilderness and into the promised land." - Paul Addison, University of Edinburgh "A major work of scholarship." - Canadian Journal of History