States of Emergency (1983) examines the co-ordinated Government planning in Britain to counter major strikes in vital industries, an effort that began in earnest during the aftermath of the First World War. Contingency planning by Whitehall ministers and officials aims to calculate the point at which trade union demands plunge the country into chaos, and how best to mitigate the effects of stoppages in essential services and industries. The dilemmas faced by Lloyd George were familiar to Callaghan and Thatcher, and in addition to being a full investigation into this hidden factor of state power, this book is a real contribution to the administrative history of Britain.
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States of Emergency
British Governments and Strikebreaking since 1919
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Original Title Page
- Original Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 War and revolution
- 2 Establishing the Supply and Transport Organisation
- 3 The Supply and Transport Organisation in action
- 4 Conservative concern and Labour caution
- 5 The general strike and after
- 6 Mr Attlee faces the dilemma
- 7 Strikers and subversives
- 8 Contemporary civil contingency planning
- 9 Strikebreaking past and future
- Appendix I Full texts of the Emergency Powers Acts 1920 and 1964
- Appendix II Proclamations of States of Emergency under the Emergency Powers Act 1920
- Appendix III Civil Service Heads of the Emergency Organisation
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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