Table of Contents

PART 1 – AGE OF CATASTROPHE 1918-45
1. Economic and Social Developments
2. Liberalism 1918-1945
3. Conservatism 1917-1945
4. Communism 1914-1945
5. Fascism 1917-1945
PART 2 – GOLDEN YEARS
6. Economic & Social Conditions
7. Liberalism on the Right 1945-73
8. Liberalism on the Left 1945-73
9. Communism 1945-73
10. Conservatism and Fascism 1945-73
PART 3 – CRISIS
11. Economic and Social Conditions 1973-91
12. Liberalism And Conservatism Coalesce 1973-1991
13. Communism 1973-91
14. Fascism 1973-91
15. Aftermath
Notes
Index

About the Author

Willie Thompson was Professor of Contemporary History at Glasgow Caledonian University. His books include Work, Sex and Power, Ideologies in the Age of Extremes and What Happened to History? He was vice-president of the Socialist History Society.

Reviews

'Wide-ranging, well-informed and measured in its judgements, Willie Thompson's new book provides a first-rate introduction to movements and ideas in the so-called 'age of ideologies''
*Professor Kevin Morgan, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester*

'Aptly characterises the deadly contest over which ideology shall prevail, ending with Fascism's destruction in war, communism's dissolution from within, and liberalism/conservatism's emergence intact'
*CHOICE*