Table of Contents

1. Summer Victories 2. Achievement and Austerity under Attlee, 1945–51 3. Colonial Retreat and Cold War 4. Churchill and Eden, 1951–1957 5. Macmillan and the Affluent Society, 1957–64 6. Wilson's Attempts at Reform, 1964–70 7. The Unexpected Prime Minister: Edward Heath, 1970–74 8. Labour's Minority Governments, 1974–79 9. The Thatcher 'Revolution', 1979–83 10. Thatcher in Decline, 1983–1990 11. In Major's 'Classless Society', 1990–96 12. Blair's First Term, 1997–2001 13. Blair’s Governments, 2001–2005 14. Blair's Third Term

About the Author

David Childs is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Politics at the University of Nottingham.