The Labour Party and the politics of war and peace, 1900-1924
By: Paul Bridgen
Contributors: Royal Historical Society (Great Britain)
Series: Royal Historical Society studies in history
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Woodbridge, UK; Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780861933037
Subjects: Politics and government; Labour Party (Great Britain); Foreign relations; History
Description: "This rich analytical account of the Labour party's foreign policy between the party's formation and the fall of the first Labour government in 1924 demonstrates that the party's policy development during this period was far more sophisticated than has previously been considered." "Rejecting doctrinally rigid approaches to Labour party development, the author demonstrates that many ideological currents flowed through the early Labour party, and, crucially, that one of the strongest traditions influencing the formation of the party's post-war foreign policy objectives was Gladstonian internationalism, rather than the anti-war Cobdenite radicalism of the UDC and its allies. Before the war, Labour is shown to have been actively engaged in attempts by progressives to establish ideological links between socialism, radicalism and liberalism in ways appealing to the new mass electorate. Thereafter, it built on these traditions to help consolidate its claim to be the legitimate heir to nineteenth-century radical traditions in foreign policy."--Jacket.
Notes: "A Royal Historical Society publication"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.