The evolution of Labour's foreign policy, 1900-51

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The evolution of Labour's foreign policy, 1900-51

Rhiannon Vickers

(The Labour Party and the world, v. 1)

Manchester University Press, 2003

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-224) and index

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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. -- .

Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Context: The emergence of the British Labour Party 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

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