The Labour Party and the world. Volume 1, The evolution of labour's foreign policy, 1900-51 / Rhiannon Vickers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vickers, Rhiannon, 1969- author.

Contributor:

Vickers, Rhiannon, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labour Party (Great Britain)--History.

Labour Party (Great Britain).

Socialism--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Socialism.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--1910-1936.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--1936-1945.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--1945-1964.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages) : charts; digital file(s).

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2003.

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This is the first comprehensive study of the political ideology and history of the Labour Party's world-view and foreign policy. It argues that the development of Labour's foreign policy perspective should be seen not as the development of a socialist foreign policy but as an application of the ideas of liberal internationalism.The first volume outlines and assesses the early development and evolution of Labour's world-view. It then follows the course of the Labour party's foreign policy during a tumultuous period on the international stage, including the First World War, the Russian Revolution, the Spanish Civil War, the build up to and violent reality of the Second World War, and the start of the Cold War.This highly readable book provides an excellent analysis of Labour's foreign policy during the period in which Labour experienced power for the first time.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List of tables

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

Introduction

1 Context

2 The main political influences on the development of the Labour Party's attitudes towards international affairs

3 Labour and the First World War

4 The Labour minority governments

5 The Labour Party, pacifism and the Spanish Civil War

6 Hitler, Munich and the Second World War

7 The Attlee governments

8 Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781847795946

1847795943

9781526137807

1526137801

OCLC:

1294294770

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access