Nature of Capitalist Crisis (1935) The Theory and Practice of Socialism (1936) – described by ODNB as "the most important book ever published by the Left Book Club" What Are We to Do? (1938) Why You Should be a Socialist (1938) – which sold 200,000 copies within two months of publication A Programme for Progress (1940) Digging for Mrs. Miller: Some Experiences of an Air-Raid Warden in London (1941) A Faith to Fight For (1941) Post D (1941/1942) Arise to Conquer (1944) Labour's task (1951) Contemporary Capitalism (1956) – a blend of Keynesian and Marxist analysis, in which he argued that there was an inherent conflict between capitalism and democracy The End of Empire (1959) The pursuit of peace (1960) On the Prevention of War (1962) – advocating deterrence theory rather than unilateral disarmament The Strangled Cry (1962) – a critique of communism "The Challenge of Democracy" (1963) See also Strachey baronets Notes Sources International Who's Who, 1945–1946 ("Strachey, Evelyn John St. Loe, M.P.") , essay on Strachey written by Michael Newman Further reading Ronald L. Meek, "Economics for the Age of Oligopoly: Mr. Strachey's Economics," The New Reasoner, whole no. 8 (Spring 1959), pp. 41–57. External links John Strachey Archive at marxists.org Reg Groves 'John Strachey', International Socialism, 62 (1973). 1901 births 1963 deaths British male journalists British Secretaries of State Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Fabian Society Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies People educated at Eton College Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 John (politician) People educated at Edgeborough School 20th-century British economists The Spectator editors English anti-fascists Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Dundee constituencies Ministers in the Attlee governments, 1945–1951 20th-century English male writers