Contents

pp v-v

Dedication

pp vi-vi

Acknowledgements

pp vii-vii

Abbreviations

pp viii-viii

Preface

pp ix-xii

PART I - LAND, LIBERTY AND EMPIRE, 1872–1914

pp 1-2

1 - Life to 1906

pp 3-16

2 - The Land Campaign

pp 17-29

3 - The road to freedom

pp 30-42

4 - A Radical vision

pp 43-52

PART II - THE GREAT WAR, 1914–1919

pp 53-54

5 - Liberalism and patriotism

pp 55-67

6 - President Wilson and the British Left

pp 68-82

7 - The re-shaping of British politics

pp 83-94

PART III - PEACE, RETRENCHMENT AND COMMONWEALTH, 1919–1924

pp 95-96

8 - The Labour party and foreign policy

pp 97-110

9 - The Indo-British commonwealth

pp 111-123

10 - Life in the Labour party

pp 124-133

11 - The first Labour government

pp 134-146

PART IV - FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM, 1925–1943

pp 147-148

12 - Labouring on

pp 149-163

13 - The history of parliament

pp 164-177

14 - The shadows lengthen

pp 178-193

15 - A life hereafter

pp 194-201

Conclusion

pp 202-208

Bibliography

pp 209-220

Index

pp 221-230