1. The Road From 1931 -- 2. Forward to War, 1939-1940 -- 3. Coalition and Its Discontents -- 4. Policy-Making, 1941-1943 -- 5. Labour in the Coalition -- 6. Labour and Economic Policy during the Second World War -- 7. Socialism and the War: Old Problems and New Country -- 8. Forward to Peace, 1944-1945
Summary
A history of the Labour Party during World War II, offering a fresh look at British politics during the war years. It examines the effect of war on the party's ideology and policy, the experience in government of Labour leaders and the tensions produced within the party by the circumstances of war