02978nam 2200625 a 450 991046570250332120200520144314.01-78170-078-81-84779-147-6(CKB)2560000000085650(EBL)1069593(OCoLC)818847326(SSID)ssj0000747098(PQKBManifestationID)12301042(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000747098(PQKBWorkID)10717340(PQKB)10205371(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085789(MiAaPQ)EBC1069593(OCoLC)957516069(MdBmJHUP)muse77978(OCoLC)963737695(Au-PeEL)EBL1069593(CaPaEBR)ebr10623243(CaONFJC)MIL843795(EXLCZ)99256000000008565020121130d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPeace, war and party politics[electronic resource] the conservatives and Europe 1846-59 /Geoffrey HicksManchester Manchester University Pressc20071 online resource (289 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7190-9666-9 0-7190-7595-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.9780719075957; 9780719075957; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Conservative perspectives; 3 Prelude to power, 1850-52; 4 1852: foreign affairs, domestic problems; 5 Entente cordiale; 6 From peace to war: opposing Aberdeen,1852-55; 7 From war to peace: opposing Palmerston, 1855-58; 8 Disraelian undertones, 1858; 9 The Italian question; 10 European war, Conservative struggle; 11 The politics of Conservative foreign policy; Bibliography; IndexPeace, war and party politics examines the mid-Victorian Conservative Party's significant but overlooked role in British foreign policy and in contemporary debate about Britain's relations with Europe. The book considers the Conservatives' response - in opposition and government - to the tumultuous era of Napoleon III, the Crimean war and Italian unification. Within a clear chronological framework, it focuses on 'high' politics, and offers a detailed account of the party's foreign policy in government under its longest-serving but forgotten leader, the fourteenth Earl of Derby. It attaches equGreat BritainForeign relationsEuropeEuropeForeign relationsGreat BritainGreat BritainForeign relations1837-1901Great BritainPolitics and government1837-1901Electronic books.327.4104Hicks Geoffrey957574MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465702503321Peace, war and party politics2473425UNINA