Title: The conservative governments, 1951-1964 /
Authors: Boxer, Andrew
Publisher: Longman,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Conservative Party (Great Britain); Conservatism Great Britain History; Great Britain Politics and government
Contents: 1. Domestic Politics -- The Tories and their premiers -- Domestic policies: consensus and consolidation -- The Labour Party: a house divided -- The Liberal Party: decline and revival -- 2. Managing the Economy -- Butskellism -- Butler at the Treasury -- Macmillan at No. 11 and No. 10 -- 3. Foreign Policy -- Delusions of grandeur -- Eden at the Foreign Office -- The Suez Crisis -- Macmillan: the Cold War and the EEC -- Assessment: adjusting to diminished status -- 4. Defence Policy and Decolonisation -- Defence: from Churchill to Suez -- Defence: from Sandys to Polaris -- Decolonisation: policy and perspectives -- Malaya -- West and East Africa -- The Central African Federation -- Outposts and the Commonwealth -- 5. Thirteen Wasted Years? -- App. 1. General election results -- App. 2. Principal government ministers, 1951-64.