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Militarism and the British Left, 1902-1914 / by M. Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Matthew, 1981-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World politics.
- Military history.
- Great Britain--History.
- Great Britain.
- History, Modern.
- Political science.
- Social history.
- Political History.
- Military History.
- History of Britain and Ireland.
- Modern History.
- Political Theory.
- Social History.
- Local Subjects:
- Political History.
- Military History.
- History of Britain and Ireland.
- Modern History.
- Political Theory.
- Social History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (260 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2013.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Militarism has traditionally been regarded as a phenomenon of the political right. As this book demonstrates, however, various groups on the political left in Britain during the years before the Great War were able to accommodate, and even assimilate, militaristic ideas, sentiments, and policies to a remarkable degree.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Militarism and the Left: conceptual problems and the case of Britain
- 1. Ideological context: war, martial values, and military prestige
- 2. Civil-military relations under the pre-war liberal governments
- 3. The militarization of the state: armaments, popular navalism, and the liberal party
- 4. The militarization of society: compulsory service, the National Service League, and progressive politics
- 5. Alternatives to conscription: Richard Burdon Haldane and a 'Liberal' nation-in-arms
- Conclusion and epilogue: militarism and the Left by 1914, the Great War, and the coming of conscription.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781349445516
- 1349445517
- 9781137274137
- 1137274131
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