Books in the British Politics and Society series

Based upon research in archival material on both sides of the Atlantic, this book offers a comprehensive analysis of the war debt problem from its origins at the end of the First World War until its final removal with the launch of Roosevelt's Lend-Lease programme in 1940-41. It is useful for diplomats, journalists, students and scholars.

This volume examines the Anglo-Israeli relationship from early 1956 to the summer of 1958, against the wider background of the Cold War, rivalry of the superpowers and the upheavals in the Middle East.

This volume explores different facets of the pressures and demands of professionalism and commercialization: from the postwar years to the 21st-century.

Examines why the nationalized railways were in such dire financial straits by 1963, how government work on future transport needs led to conclusions which would have cut Britain's railways down by thousands of miles, and, what difficulties eventually halted attempts by Conservative and Labour governments to implement these cuts.

This book traces the relationship between the popular press and the Labour Party from the early 20th Century through World War II and up to the current day.

This is a study of the views held by British policy-makers on the Empire-Commonwealth from 1945 to 1963.

This collection takes as its subject how and why the British constitution developed during the course of the 20th century.