Product Description

Bringing the picture right up to date, this sixth edition of the most reliable basic text on recent political history is essential reading for all students of contemporary British history and politics.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #122720 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 480 pages

Review

‘A readable, lucid work which many students and their teachers will find enormously helpful.’  The Times Literary Supplement

‘A full, well-organised, workmanlike and readable account.’  Teaching History

‘A cohesive and well-documented framework for students of modern British history and politics.’  Tempus Zeit und Text

‘A lucid, readable exposition of the major themes in post-war British history.’  Government and Opposition

From the Back Cover
'Britain since 1945 is the established textbook on contemporary British political history since the end of the Second World War. David Childs' authoritative chronological survey discusses domestic policy and politics in particular, but also covers external and international relations. This new and improved sixth edition of this important book brings the picture to the present by including the following additions:  discussion of 11 September 2001, the Iraq war and after the election of Iain Duncan Smith and Michael Howard as leaders of the Conservative party immigration, asylum and identity the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles the 2005 election and Blair's standing as prime minister the controversy over fox hunting, the Gambling Act and 24-hour drinking the importance of China on the British stage Britain since 1945 is essential reading for any student of contemporary British history and politics

About the Author

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