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The Road To 1945: British Politics and the Second World War Revised Edition

Paul Addison

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Published by Pimlico, part of Vintage Publishing

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EAN: 9780712659321
Published: 6 Jan 1994

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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. In his acclaimed study, Paul Addison traces this sea-change back to the Thirties and goes on to recapture the powerful spirit of post-war reconstruction.

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What I find most striking is the beauty of his prose, the force of his argument, and the awesome and painstaking research that underpins it. Although I still do not agree with him, it is one hell of an achievement, and one that has not been matched since
- Times Education Supplement

This is a landmark in the writing of contemporary history and deserves wide acclaim
- Times Literary Supplement

Many books have been written about the Home Front. Few have dealt with the development of policies at the top. Addison's book fills the gap magnificently. It tells with wit, scholarship and imagination how the British people entered the Promised Land - or seemed to
- Observer

This is a brilliant book. It is probably the most intelligent monograph on a recent period of British politics
- New Society

About the Author

Paul Addison teaches history at the University of Edinburgh and is a former visiting Fellow of All Soul's College, Oxford. He is the author of Now the War is Over, a social history of post-war Britain which accompanied an acclaimed BBC television series; and, most recently, Churchill on the Home Front, described by David Cannadine in the Observer as 'the best one-volume study of Churchill yet available'.

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