English History 1914-1945 (Oxford History of England Book 15)

During ten of the 31 years between 1914 and 1945 the English people were involved in world wars; for 19 of the years they lived in the shadow of mass unemployment. These themes and the politics which sprang from them shape the narrative of this book. Cover CONTENTS LIST OF GRAPHS LIST OF MAPS I. THE GREAT WAR: OLD STYLE, 1914–15 II. THE PRESSURES OF WAR, 1915–16 III. A NATION AT WAR, 1916–18 IV. POSTWAR, 1918–22 V. NORMAL TIMES: 1922 VI. THREE-PARTY POLITICS, 1922–5 VII. THE YEARS OF GOLD, 1925–9 VIII. UNEXPECTED CRISIS, 1929–31 IX. HALF TIME X. THE NATION SAVED: ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, 1931–3 XI. THE NATION NOT SAVED: FOREIGN AFFAIRS, 1931–6 XII. APPEASEMENT, 1936–9 XIII. RELUCTANTLY TO WAR, 1939–40 XIV. FINEST HOUR, 1940–1 XV. THE GRAND ALLIANCE, 1942–4 XVI. ENDING, 1944–5 BIBLIOGRAPHY LIST OF CABINETS, 1914–45 INDEX A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z