GEOFFREY FRY has been Professor of British Government and Administration at the University of Leeds since 1993. He has written six previous books including Statesmen in Disguise, which established itself as the standard history of the British Higher Civil Service, and other important works of academic scholarship analysing the history and development of British public policy and administration.

'...this book is a valuable review of the historical literature on the subject.' - Choice

• Dedication Preface The Ghosts in the Machine The Devil's Decade: Party Politics in the Era of the National Government 1931-1940 Waiting for a Miracle to Happen?: The Economic and Social Policies of the National Governments 1931-1940 The Guilty Men Amidst the Gathering Storm: The Defence and Foreign Policies of the National Governments 1931-1940 War With Honour: Churchill and the British Conduct of the Second World War 1940-1945 Goodbye To All That: British Domestic Politics during the Second World War 1940-1945 References Bibliography Index

GEOFFREY FRY has been Professor of British Government and Administration at the University of Leeds since 1993. He has written six previous books including Statesmen in Disguise, which established itself as the standard history of the British Higher Civil Service, and other important works of academic scholarship analysing the history and development of British public policy and administration.

'...this book is a valuable review of the historical literature on the subject.' - Choice

• Dedication Preface The Ghosts in the Machine The Devil's Decade: Party Politics in the Era of the National Government 1931-1940 Waiting for a Miracle to Happen?: The Economic and Social Policies of the National Governments 1931-1940 The Guilty Men Amidst the Gathering Storm: The Defence and Foreign Policies of the National Governments 1931-1940 War With Honour: Churchill and the British Conduct of the Second World War 1940-1945 Goodbye To All That: British Domestic Politics during the Second World War 1940-1945 References Bibliography Index

GEOFFREY FRY has been Professor of British Government and Administration at the University of Leeds since 1993. He has written six previous books including Statesmen in Disguise, which established itself as the standard history of the British Higher Civil Service, and other important works of academic scholarship analysing the history and development of British public policy and administration.

'...this book is a valuable review of the historical literature on the subject.' - Choice

• Dedication Preface The Ghosts in the Machine The Devil's Decade: Party Politics in the Era of the National Government 1931-1940 Waiting for a Miracle to Happen?: The Economic and Social Policies of the National Governments 1931-1940 The Guilty Men Amidst the Gathering Storm: The Defence and Foreign Policies of the National Governments 1931-1940 War With Honour: Churchill and the British Conduct of the Second World War 1940-1945 Goodbye To All That: British Domestic Politics during the Second World War 1940-1945 References Bibliography Index