Table of Contents

Dedication Chapter 1 - The Labour Party in Power 1945-51 Labour's victory in 1945 Labour's creation of the Welfare State The economy under Labour 1945- 51 Assessing the Labour Government's achievenments Study guide Chapter 2 - The Conservatives in Office 1951-64 The Churchill and Eden governments 1951-7 Harold Macmillan's government 1957-63 Britain's relations with Europe 1945-63 The Labour Party 1951-64 The Conservatives' last years in government 1963-4 Study guide Chapter 3 - The Years of Consensus 1964-79 Harold Wilson's governments 1964-70 The Edward Heath government 1970-4 Labour in office 1974-9 Study guide Chapter 4 - The THatcher Revolution 1979-90 The Thatcher Revolution: The First Stage 1979-86 The Falklands War 1982 The Miners' Strike 1984-5 The Thatcher revolution: the second stage. Supply-side economics The Labour party during the Thatcher years Study guide Chapter 5 - From Thatcherism to New Labour 1990-9 The fall of Margaret Thatcher 1990 Margaret Thatcher's legacy John Major's government 1990-7 New Labour 1994-9 Study guide Chapter 6 - New Labour in the New Century New Labour and the economy The elections of 2001 and 2005 Blair and Europe Britain's relations with Northern Ireland 1969-2007 Blair and Britain's special relationship with the USA Population change and social issues Study guide Glossary Index

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About the Author

Michael Lynch is an Honorary Fellow in the School of Historical Studies at the University of Leicester, UK. His research interests are in modern European and Chinese history and he has authored and edited several titles in the Access to History series.

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