Books by Henry Pelling

The Marshall Plan, originally proposed by General Marshall, the U.S. Secretary of State, as a means of providing dollars for the postwar recovery of Europe, operated for the four years 1948 to 1952. In this study based on both British and American sources (including for the first time the papers of the American 'Mission"" in London), Dr. Pelling examines the economic relations between the two countries in this period.

A survey of all the regions in Britain which considers how far politics in the period 1885-1910 can be analyzed in terms of religion, class, geographical area and other factors. The passing of the Third Reform Act meant that elections were less corrupt and that most adult males could vote.

This text provides an introductory account of the Labour Party from its foundation. It not only covers the period up to and including the election of Neil Kinnock as the leader of the Labour Party but also concentrates on the problems of the parliamentary leadership.

For a study of modern Britain, 1885 is a reasonable starting point. Although the Victorian period was not yet over, the influence of the crown was not so great as to dictate the character of an age. Above all, the accepted assumptions of natural progress, prosperity, and social position were now increasingly being brought into question.

Dr Pelling's book, which has for several years been a standard work on the subject, has again been revised and updated to take account of recent research and to explain the course of events up to the Thatcher years, the miner's strike and the Employment Acts.

The first study of the Churchill government of 1951-55 based on the Prime Minister's political papers (including his correspondence with President Eisenhower) and diaries and letters of Eden, Butler and other ministers. But in spite of Churchill's stroke in 1953 and Eden's serious illness they emerged to win major diplomatic successes.