Searchlights formed a victory sign over the dome of St Paul's cathedral as the war ended

In a new two part series for The Westminster Hour, first broadcast in August and September 2004, the military historian, Sir John Keegan, examines how peace was won after the Second World War.

Clement Attlee, the landslide and landmark Labour Prime Minister in 1945, can lay claim to the phrase winning the peace, but just how difficult is it for a politician to win the peace? Aided by two parliamentary and military veterans, Lord Healey and Lord Carrington, Sir John looks at what today's politicians can learn from the war generation.

Listen to part one of Winning The Peace

Listen to part two of Winning The Peace