| Abadan 312, 314, 337 | |
| Abnormal Importations Act ( 1931) 177 | |
| Abortion 413 | |
| Abyssinia189, 190, 192, 195, 205 | |
| Acheson, Dean383 | |
| Acland, Sir Richard259 | |
| Act of Union with France ( 1940) 216, 250 | |
| Adamson, William93 | |
| Addison, Christopher ( 1869-1951), 1st Lord 1937, Liberal politician, later Labour leader in Lords 105, 110, 113, 127 n. | |
| Administration of justice 290, 507, 518, 519 | |
| Admiralty 192 | |
| Agadir55 | |
| Agriculture 51, 77, 246, 291, 299, 346, 470, 477 | |
| Agriculture Act ( 1947) 291 | |
| Air Raid Precautions 245 | |
| Aircraft production 250 | |
| Aisne62 | |
| Alanbrooke, Field-Marshal Lord254 | |
| Albania219 | |
| Alexander, Field-Marshal Lord228 | |
| Algeciras 10 | |
| Algeria337, 344 | |
| Aliens Act ( 1904) 8 | |
| Allenby ( 1861-1936), 1st Visc. 1919, General, and Governor of Egypt69, 89, 116 | |
| Alliance (of Liberals and Social Democrats) 486-7, 490, 492, 493, 494, 495, 499, 504, 510, 511 | |
| American loan 272, 273, 274 | |
| Amery, L. S. ( 1873-1955) Conservative politician, pro-Empire 212 n., 247 | |
| Amiens 84 | |
| Amritsar 115 | |
| Anderson, John, ( 1882-1958), 1st Visc. Waverley 1952, civil servant and wartime minister 143, 260 | |
| Angola457, 475 | |
| Antwerp62 | |
| Arabia89, 95, 481 | |
| Archangel 223, 242 | |
| Arcos Raid 147 | |
| Arctic Ocean232, 242 | |
| Ardennes216, 239 | |
| Arras 84 | |
| Arts and culture 28-9, 54, 97-9, 136, 150- 1, 202-3, 302-5, 330-1, 361-2, 403, 442, 503, 519, 520 | |
| Arts Council503 | |
| Ashdown, Paddy ( 1941- ), leader of Liberal Party ( 1988- ) 511, 525 | |
| Askwith, G. R. ( 1861-1942), Board of Trade strike negotiator 16, 39, 53 | |
| Asquith, H. H. ( 1852-1928), 1st Earl 1925, Chancellor of the Exchequer ( 1906-8) 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 432; Prime Minister ( 1908-16) 14, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 36, 45, 46, 50, 52; in wartime coalition 64, 65, 67, 68, 70, 71, 73, 75, 76; after being overthrown by Lloyd George79, 80, 84, 86, 87, 88, 91, 92, 109, 120, 122; uneasy reunion with Lloyd George128, 129, 154; also 249, 336, 401 | |
| Asquith, Margot (wife of above) 73 | |
| Asquith, Raymond (son of above) 38 | |
| Asquithian Liberals 91, 92, 109, 120 | |
| Aswan Dam337 | |
| Atlantic Charter 256 | |
| Atlantic Ocean223, 232, 242 | |
| Atomic bomb 187, 224, 225, 230, 241, 242, 277, 317, 318 | |
| Attlee, C. R. ( 1883-1966), 1st Earl 1955, Leader of Opposition ( 1935-40) 190, 192; in wartime coalition ( 1940-5) 249, 260, 266, 267; Prime Minister ( 1945- 51) 275, 276, 277, 282, 283, 284, 307, 310, 313; Leader of Opposition ( 1951- 5) 333, 336 | |
| Auchinleck, General C.227 | |
| Auden, W. H.196 | |
| Australia3, 11, 12, 94, 108, 226, 227, 337, 340, 353, 367, 370, 390, 415, 524 | |
| Austria55, 56, 89, 96, 206, 211, 336 | |
| AWACS 508 |
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Publication information:
Book title: Empire, Welfare State, Europe:English History 1906-1992.
Edition: 4th.
Contributors: T. O. Lloyd - Author.
Publisher: Oxford University Press.
Place of publication: Oxford.
Publication year: 1993.
Page number: 569.
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