The Tories: Conservatives and the Nation State, 1922-1997

Alan Clark Combines His Personal Experience Of Government With His Recognised Skills As A Historian In This Enthralling Account Of The History Of The Conservative Party From 1922 To 1997. Bk. 1. Evolving Appeasement -- 1. The Carlton Club And The New Conservatives -- 2. Bonar Law Comes To Grief -- 3. Stanley Baldwin Finds His Feet -- 4. An Unhappy Ship -- 5. The Gold Standard And Its Consequences -- 6. The General Strike -- 7. Stanley Baldwin Survives -- 8. Economic Crisis And 'national' Government -- 9. Foreign Affairs -- 10. The Abdication -- 11. Diplomatic Disappointments -- 12. Munich To Outbreak Of War -- Bk. 2. War And Coalition -- 13. The Phoney War -- 14. The Coalition Government Is Formed -- 15. Wasted Opportunities -- 16. The Haemorrhage Continues -- 17. The Loss Of Empire -- 18. 1942: Churchill's Difficult Summer -- 19. The Conservative Party And 'welfare' -- 20. 1944: The Coalition In Decline -- Bk. 3. The Management Of Decline -- 21. The Party In Defeat -- 22. Friction At The Highest Levels -- 23. The Rejection Of Opportunity -- 24. The Eden Anachronism -- 25. Relegation -- 26. Macmillan -- 27. 'a Sad Blow For Me' -- 28. The Short Orthodox Premiership Of Sir Alec Douglas-home -- 29. Heath In Difficulties -- 30. 1974 -- The Year Of Blunder -- Bk. 4. Shock Therapy -- 31. The Varied Roles Of Sir Edward Du Cann -- 32. Mrs. Thatcher's First Government -- 33. The Year Of Discontent -- 34. The Beginning Of The End -- 35. A Trial Of Leadership -- 36. The Party Hits The Reef. Alan Clark. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [477]-480) And Index.