The Battle for Britain

It is generally accepted that Britain was held together during the second world war by a spirit of national democratic `consensus'. But whose interests did the consensus serve? And how did it unravel in the years immediately after victory?

Mary Evans is Professor of Gender at London School of Economics.

Introduction; Chapter 1 Whose war?; Chapter 2 Production for victory; Chapter 3 Keeping the home fires burning; Chapter 4 The spirit of the times; Chapter 5 When the war is over; Chapter 6 Reconstructions from the past; Chapter 7 Postscript; BIBLIOGRAPHYIndex Subject index;