Parliament and politics in the age of Churchill and Attlee
Subtitle: the Headlam diaries, 1935-1951
By: edited by Stuart Ball.
Contributors: Ball, Stuart, 1956-
Series: Camden fifth series ;; v. 14
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 665
Subjects: Headlam, Cuthbert Morley, Sir, 1876-1964 -- Diaries; Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965; Attlee, C. R. 1883-1967; Great Britain. Parliament -- History -- Sources; Legislators -- Great Britain -- Diaries; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1936-1945; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945-1964
Genres: Diaries.
Description: "The period covered in this volume opens with appeasement and the growing shadow of war in the 1930s. The diary contains a vivid account of politics and strategy during the Second World War from the threat of invasion in 1940, through victory in North Africa in 1943, to growing fear of Russia's advance in 1945. After a break, the diary resumes in 1947 with the Labour government facing the bitter winter and economic pressure. It concludes with the coming of the Cold War and the Conservative recovery of 1950-51."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.