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The National Government, 1931-40

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  • © 1999
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Authors:
  1. Nick Smart
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  • The first accessible study of the politics of the 90s for students
    Includes a thorough assessment of the abdication crisis, Mosley, the Black Shirts and Appeasement
    A reappraisal and critique of established views

Part of the book series: British Studies Series (BRSS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Nick Smart
    Pages 1-8

  3. The 1931 Settlement

    • Nick Smart
    Pages 9-36

  4. Coalition-Making

    • Nick Smart
    Pages 37-62

  5. The India Bill

    • Nick Smart
    Pages 63-89

  6. The Middle Period: November 1933 – December 1935

    • Nick Smart
    Pages 90-121

  7. The Primacy of Foreign Policy

    • Nick Smart
    Pages 122-147

  8. Neville Chamberlain’s National Government

    • Nick Smart
    Pages 148-183

  9. High Tide and After

    • Nick Smart
    Pages 184-223

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 224-279
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About this book

The National Government that ran Britain during the 1930s has always received a very bad press. Its ultimate disgrace over the Munich crisis and the catastrophic opening phase of the Second World War sealed the fate of an experiment which had always been criticized by both Left and right and which has since made any further peacetime attempts at coalition government utterly disreputable. While not claiming that it was a success, Dr. Smart argues, however, that the National Government has been woefully misunderstood by historians who have allowed themselves to be too influenced by its much despised collapse. The Government's longevity, popularity at the polls and, in many ways, successful planning for World War II should not be ignored.

About the author

NICK SMART is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Plymouth.

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