Book reviews (1997)

Abstract Atomenergie und staatliches Interesse: Die Anfänge der Atompolitik in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1949–1955. By Peter Fischer. Baden‐Baden: Nomos, 1994. Pp.319; DM 34. ISBN 3 7890 3556 4 L'arme nucléaire française: Pourquoi et comment? By Marcel Duval and Yves Le Baut. Paris: Kronos, 1992. Pp.303; F 150. ISBN 2 9019 5200 3 Histoire des forces nucléaires françaises depuis 1945. By Marcel Duval and Dominique Mongin. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1993 (vol. 2822 of the series Que sais‐je). Pp.124; F 35. ISBN 2 1304 6009 7. Nuclear Diplomacy and the Special Relationship: Britain's Deterrent and America, 1957–1962. By Ian Clark. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994. Pp.461; £40. ISBN 0 1982 7370 3 Zwischen Teilhabe und Mitsprache: Die Nuklearfrage in der Allianzpolitik Deutschlands, 1959–1966. By Christoph Hoppe. Baden‐Baden: Nomos, 1993 (vol. 30/2 of the series Internationale Politik und Sicherheit). Pp.411; DM 36. ISBN 3 7890 2849 5 NATO and the Nuclear Revolution: A Crisis of Credibility, 1966–67. By Helga Haftendorn. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. Pp.460; £45. ISBN 0 1982 8000 3 The Transformation of British Politics, 1860–1995. By Brian Harrison. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. Pp.618; £50 (hardback); £14.99 (paperback). ISBNs 019 873 1221 and 1213 The Diaries and Letters of Robert Bernays, 1932–1939. Edited by Nick Smart. Lampeter: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1996. Pp.xxxii + 425; £59.95. ISBN 0 7734 8864 2 Alec Douglas‐Home. By D.R. Thorpe. London: Sinclair‐Stevenson, 1996. Pp.562; £25. ISBN 1 85619 277 6 Anthony Eden: A Life and a Reputation. By David Dutton. London: Arnold, 1997. Pp.576; £25. ISBN 0 340 56168 8 Scapegoat: General Percival of Singapore: By Clifford Kingvig. London : Brassey's 1996. Pp.288; £25. ISBN 1 85753 171X A Most Diplomat General. The Life of Lord Robertson of Oakridge. By David Williamson. London: Brassey's, 1996. Pp.272; £25. ISBN 1 85753 180 9 The Myth of Consensus. New Views on British History, 1945–64. Edited by Harriet Jones and Michael David Kandiah. London: Macmillan, 1996. Pp.xvii + 186; £40. ISBN 0 333 65073 The Major Effect. Edited by Dennis Kavanagh and Anthony Seldon. London: Macmillan, 1994. Pp xi + 500; £10.99. ISBN 0 333 62276 6 Political Economy and the Labour Party. By Noel Thompson. London: UCL Press, 1996. Pp.330; £14.95. ISBN 1 85728 161 6 Eminent Europeans: Personalities Who Shaped Contemporary Europe. Edited by Martin Bond, Julie Smith and William Wallace. London: The Greycoat Press, 1996. Pp.xiv + 321. £25. ISBN 1 899908 00 5 Town Planning in Britain Since 1900: The Rise and Fall of the Planning Ideal. By Gordon Cherry. Oxford: Blackwell, 1996. Pp.260; £12.99. ISBN 06311 999 42 Government versus the Market: The Growth of Public Sector Economic Management and British Economic Performance, c.1890–1979. By Roger Middleton. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1996. Pp.xxviii + 756; £75 (hardback) and £18.95 (paperback, to be published in November). ISBNs 1 858278 031 2 and 85898 371 1 The Health Services Since the War. Volume II. Government and Health Care. The British National Health Service 1958–1979. By Charles Webster. London: The Stationery Office, 1996. Pp.xiv + 988; £85. ISBN 0 11 630963 6 The Secret State: British Internal Security in the Twentieth Century. By Richard Thurlow. Oxford: Blackwell, 1995. Pp.458; £19.99. ISBN 0 631 16066 3 The Origins of the Present Troubles in Northern Ireland. By Caroline Kennedy‐Pipe. London, Longman, 1997. Pp.xii + 204, £39.99 (hardback) and £12.99 (paperback). ISBNs 0 582 21712 1 and 10073 9 ‘Victoria and Albert, Vicky and the Kaiser. A chapter of Anglo‐German Family relations’. An exhibition in the German Hostiral Museum in Berlin, 10 January‐25 March 1997.