The Road To 1945: British Politics and the Second World War Revised Edition
- ISBN-10
- 1446424219
- ISBN-13
- 9781446424216
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 368
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-05-31
- Publisher
- Random House
- Author
- Paul Addison
Description
The Road to 1945 is a rigorously researched study of the crucial moment 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. In his acclaimed study, Paul Addison reconstructs and interprets the five-year wartime coalition, and traces this sea-change from its roots in the thirties, to the powerful spirit of post-war rebuilding. The Road to 1945 is an imaginative, brilliantly written and landmark work, underpinned by a powerful and expertly researched argument.
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