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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465647803321

Autore

Vickers Rhiannon

Titolo

Labour's foreign policy since 1951 [[electronic resource] /] / Rhiannon Vickers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-78170-324-8

1-84779-475-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

The Labour Party and the world ; ; v. 2

Disciplina

324.241072

327.41

Soggetti

Socialism - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Great Britain Foreign relations 1945-1964

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Labour's foreign policy approach; 2. The 1950s: new conflicts,rearmament and the bomb; 3. The Wilson governments,1964-1970; 4. Defence and foreign policyin the 1970s; 5. The radicalisation of foreignand defence policy in the 1980s; 6. New Labour triumphs; 7. Labour's foreign policyin the twenty-first century; 8. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is the second book in a unique two-volume study tracing the evolution of the Labour Party's foreign policy throughout the 20th century to the present date.This is the first comprehensive study of the history of the Labour Party's worldview and foreign policy. It argues that 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.Volume Two provides a critical analysis of Labour's foreign policy since 1951. It examines Labour's attempts to rethink foreign policy, focusing on intr