Summary
This book chronicles three decades largely
overshadowed by war and mass unemployment. It was a period that saw
in England the formation of a national government, the only genuine
incidence of three-party politics, the fruition of campaigns for
trades union recognition, women's suffrage, and Irish independence,
and abroad withdrawal from the Gold Standard and involvement in
collective security. Written in Taylor's customary provocative
style, this is historical writing at its best. - ;This book begins
on 4 August 1914, the day Britain entered the 'Great War', and
describes the three decades of.
