The Road to 1945: British Politics and the Second World War
- ISBN-10
- 0224011596
- ISBN-13
- 9780224011594
- Category
- History / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century
- Pages
- 334
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1975
- Publisher
- Cape
- Author
- Paul Addison
Description
1940 has long been regarded as the time when political parties put aside their differences to unite under Churchill and focus on the task of war. But the war years witnessed a radical shift in political power - dramatically expressed in Labour's decisive electoral victory in 1945.
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- 2011-05-31
- 368 pages
- Paperback
- Random House
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