Labour in Power 1945-1951 [Paperback]

This is the only detailed and comprehensive account of the policies, programs, and personalities of the powerful and influential Attlee government. Based on a vast range of previously unpublished material, personal papers, and recently released public records, the book provides in-depth portraits of key figures of the period and compares Britain during these years with other European nations after 1945. In conclusion, Morgan assesses the legacy of this crucial administration for Britain, the western world, the new Commonwealth, and the Labour Party itself.

[A] thoroughly researched and comprehensive account of the postwar Labour governments. --The New Republic

A remarkable achievement of political history. --A.J.P. Taylor,The London Review of Books

There is now at last a scholarly, balanced, dispassionate account of the post-World War II British Labour governments. --CHOICE

Brilliant and enthralling...History at its very best: careful, balanced, beautifully written and clear. --New Society

By any standards, it is a considerable achievement....It will be required reading for students of modern history for at least a generation to come. --The Economist