Militarism and the British Left, 1902-1914 /
Johnson, Matthew,1981-author.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
Militarism
War and socialism.
Right and left (Political science)
Political History.
History of Military.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Modern History.
Political Theory.
Social History.