INDEX

Air Force, 239-40 Albert, Prince Consort, 19-20, 27, 30 Alexander, Field Marshal Earl, 235 Amery, Julian, 55, 183 Anglo-American relations, 47-8, 109, 159-86; tensions, 66, 163-76 Anne, Queen, 45 Anson, Sir William, 17, 18 armed forces, 84-6, 238-44; Air Force, 239-40; Army, 238-9; Navy, 239 Army, 238-9 Atomic Energy Authority, 214 Attlee, Clement, 36, 58, 77, 78, 87, 88, 108, 113, 152, 235, 280 Bagehot, Walter, 22, 28, 97-8 Baldwin, Stanley, 55, 74, 95, 152 Beaverbrook, Lord (William Maxwell Aitken), 20, 30, 31, 54, 85, 140; influence of, 224-5 Bevan, Aneurin, 18, 19, 61, 84-9 passim, 121, 152; anti-Americanism, 47, 81, 109, 176; opposition to hydrogen bomb, 48; leader of opposition within Labor Party, 72, 73, 78-80, 269; supporters, 82-3 Bevin, Ernest, 62, 77, 80, 108, 143; opposition to communism, 109 Boyle, Sir Edward, 55 Bradlaugh, Charles, 30 British Empire, 91, 107 British Productivity Council, 196 Brogan, D.W., 164 Butler, R.A., 18-19, 49, 52, 54, 58, 59, 74 Cabinet, 43-6 Castle, Mrs. Barbara, 84 Chamberlain, Neville, 17, 35, 37, 63, 74, 95, 152, 166, 259, 280 Charles II, 25, 44 Charles, Prince, 15 China (Communist), 79, 184; British attitude toward, 149-50 Churchill, Sir Winston, 17, 18, 37, 51, 52, 59, 76, 80, 82, 95, 113-14, 133, 152, 200, 235, 239, 252, 259, 279, 285-6; party peacemaker, 35; skill in debate, 40; on monarchy, 276 clubs, 257-9 Commons, House of, 38-43, 46 Commonwealth, 29, 91, 107, 137-41, 283 Communist Party in Britain, 35, 49, 142-4, 146, 147, 164, 179, 180; in labor unions, 72, 82, 83-4, 109, 200, 208-15 Connor, William, 202, 227 Conservative Party, 50-69 conurbation, 6, 7 Cooke, Alistair, 222 Cripps, Sir Stafford, 77, 95, 107, 113 Crossman, R.H.S., 84 Delmer, Sefton, 226, 228 Dilke, Sir Charles, 30 Dulles, John Foster, 170-1; British attitude toward, 47, 48, 155, 167, 172 Eccles, Sir David, 282 Eden, Sir Anthony, 18, 20, 52, 54, 55, 57, 59, 60, 61, 65, 133, 143, 171-2, 183, 224, 280 Edward VII, 27 Egypt, 54, 55, 61, 66, 88, 143, 151, 155, 156, 168, 183, 184 Eisenhower, Dwight D., 37, 41, 60, 80, 183 Elizabeth II, 13-33, 114, 251, 252 Elizabeth, Queen Mother, 22, 27 European Defense Community, 171 Foot, Michael, 56, 84-5 Forrest, William, 228 Foulkes, Frank, 213 France, British attitude toward, 150-1 Franks, Sir Oliver, 85 Freedman, Max, 222 Fyfe, Sir David Maxwell, 52 Gaitskell, Hugh, 18, 20, 36, 49, 56, 73, 77-8, 80, 87, 89, 235, 280; opposed by Bevan, 88, 269 George I, 45 George IV, 25 George V, 16, 19, 25 George VI, 16, 17 Germany, British attitude toward, 151-3 Gorer, Geoffrey, 275 Gort, General the Viscount, 284 Grand Design, The, 282-3 Griffiths, James, 18, 49 Halifax, Earl of, 17 Harding, Gilbert, 107 Hardy, Keir, 36 Horner, Arthur, 210 Howard, Ebenezer, 116 India, 36, 96, 105-7, 170 Italy, British attitude toward, 153-4 Jacobson, Sydney, 202 King, Cecil, 226 Korean war, economic influence of, 192-3 labor unions, 200-13, 215, 266-7; communist influence in, 208-13, 215 Lancaster, Osbert, 225, 226 Laski, Harold, 97, 113 Lloyd, Selwyn, 52, 282 Lloyd George, David, 19, 56 Lords, House of, 39, 42-3, 44 MacLeod, Iain, 52, 130 Macmillan, Harold, 18, 49, 52, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 65, 89, 155, 269, 282 Margaret, Princess, 15, 22, 26 Massingham, Hugh, 223 Maulding, Reginald, 52, 130 McCarthy, Joseph, 60, 164-6, 167, 286 McCarthyism, 36, 163-4 McKenzie, Robert T., 59 McNeil, Hector, 62 Middle East, 155; British influence in, 156-7 Miller, Webb, 218 monarchy, 13-33, 133, 276; power of, 16, 22; influence of, 21, 37; finances of, 26-8, 30-1 Montgomery, Field Marshal the Viscount, 46 Morrison, Herbert, 36, 51, 77, 87, 88, 89, 278; opposition to communism, 143 Mosley, Sir Oswald, 35 Mountbatten, Earl, 21, 31, 134, 285 Muggeridge, Malcolm, 147 Nasser, Abdel, 54, 155, 156 National Health Service Act, 102-5 nationalization, 97-101, 102, 104-5, 107 Navy, 239 Nehru, Shri Jawaharlal, 106, 166, 235 New Towns, 116-18, 121, 122, 124, 125 newspapers, 77-81, 218-30; Daily Express, 31, 219, 225-6; Daily Herald, 31, 87, 125; Daily Mirror, 31, 87, 125, 202, 210, 219, 220, 226-7; Daily Telegraph, 163, 219; Evening Standard, 31; Manchester Guardian, 163, 218-19, 220, 222-3; New Statesman and Nation, 31-2, 84, 85; Sunday Express, 15, 20, 31; Times, 19, 130, 163, 183, 218, 220-2; Tribune, 56, 84-5, 89 Norwich, Viscount (Alfred Duff Cooper), 152 Odger, George, 30 Orwell, George, 252 Parliament, 37-43, 45; Commons, 38-43, 46; Lords, 39, 42-3, 44 Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 19-20, 21-8 passim, 31 Plumb, J.H., 45 public schools, 81-4, 230-7 pubs, 254-7 Reynolds, Quentin, 8 Roosevelt, Franklin D., 37, 82, 174 Salisbury, Marquess of, 18, 44, 49, 54, 58, 59, 134 Sandys, Duncan, 282 Scott, Richard, 223 Shinwell, Emanuel, 77 Smith, Walter Bedell, 172 Soviet Union, British attitude toward, 143-8 sports, 87-9, 244-54 sterling area, 138 Strachey, Lytton, 20 Strang, Lord, 232 Thorneycroft, Peter, 282 Townsend, Peter, 26 Trades Union Congress, 55, 73, 88, 143, 196; power of, 71-2, 86-7, 200-2; communist opposition, 83, 143, 212 Truman, Harry S., 25, 37 Victoria, Queen, 20, 25, 27, 30 Waithman, Robert, 229 Watson, Sam, 200, 210 Wavell, Field Marshal Earl, 108, 152 Webb, Sidney and Beatrice, 73 Welfare State, 101-2, 104, 105, 107, 118, 123, 264, 285, 289 Williams, Francis, 227 Wilson, Harold, 49 Windsor, Duchess of, 15, 31 Windsor, Duke of, 20 Woolton, Lord (Frederick William Marquis), 52, 53 Zilliacus, Konni, 84