Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chronology of the war in the west -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Wartime politics -- The outbreak of war and the downfall of Chamberlain -- The Churchill coalition, 1940-2 -- Beveridge and reconstruction -- Popular attitudes and the 1945 election -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 The people's war -- Evacuation and the blitz -- Women at war -- Civil liberties, citizenship and the state -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 The wartime economy -- Organising the war economy -- The performance of the war economy -- The economic legacy of the war -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Wartime media-press, radio and cinema -- The national press -- The BBC -- Cinema -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Wartime strategy-Britain and its Allies -- Britain and France, September 1939-June 1940 -- Britain alone, June 1940-June 1941 -- Towards the Grand Alliance, June- December 1941 -- The Mediterranean strategy, 1942-4 -- D-Day and victory in Europe -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- General -- Politics and society -- Wartime economy -- Press, propaganda and culture -- Wartime strategy -- Index.