POL 147B Lecture 2: Module 2: The Rise and Fall of the Postwar Settlement
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The rise and fall of the postwar settlement: the rise of the postwar settlement (pws, britain after wwii: the social and political climate. Over 5 years of all-out war 1939-1945. Many cities were bombed- 60,000 civilian deaths. Had very little access to food, gasoline, new clothes, etc. Two major political parties that interacted very cordially. Politicians put aside their differences to defeat the evil of hitler, May 1940 conservative had the majority in the parliament by. Winston churchill invited members from other political parties to be on his cabinet -aka the grand coalition -so britain would be unity during wwii. Many thought that britain would be militarily defeated and be occupied by nazi germany. Socially, a shared sense of national purpose and accomplishment. Soldiers and civilians felt bonded because of this sense of near death experience of the war: the pws: definition.
