Titlebook: Britain since 1939; Progress and Decline David Childs Textbook 1995Latest edition David Childs 1995 Churchill.crime.economy.foreign policy.

Dedication

Pathology of the Umbilical Cord unusual appointment was that of the former Prime Minister, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, serving as Foreign Secretary. This was the first time that a former leader had served under his successor since Chamberlain was a member of Churchill’s 1940 government.

SUE

LASH

policy, immigration and racism, the media, the monarchy, public opinion, religion, social change, the changing position of women. As an added bonus, it also bravely tackles events in Northern Ireland. Two introductory chapters take us through the interwar period outlining both domestic and internat

itinerary

Wordlist

駁船

,Britain at War, 1939–41,f the widespread expectation that massive aerial bombardment would shortly follow a declaration of war. The relief stemmed from the end of the uncertainty which had prevailed from at least March 1939.

tic-douloureux

,Trouble and Strife, 1970–74, unusual appointment was that of the former Prime Minister, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, serving as Foreign Secretary. This was the first time that a former leader had served under his successor since Chamberlain was a member of Churchill’s 1940 government.

fetter

,Interwar Britain, 1919–39,t, or even remember it, had relatives who had served. One heard of them, one also heard the survivors’ tales, not always sad or horrific. For many, it was clearly their greatest experience of life. There were also the many limbless ex-servicemen to be seen. Some 745,000 men from Britain had been kil

貿(mào)易

,Britain and the World, 1919–39,rely a medium-weight European state, would have been regarded as, at best, a fool and, at worst, a traitor. The monarch, politicians, churches, the education system and mass media, all contributed to the myth of the Empire. Under the terms of the peace settlement in 1919 more areas of the globe were

動(dòng)脈

,Britain at War, 1939–41,e Departments that they ‘might consider themselves at war’ with Germany. The British people heard the same news from the tired, despairing voice of the Prime Minister, broadcasting at 11.15 on that same Sunday morning. Many who heard Chamberlain felt a mixture of fear and relief. The fear was born o