The Labour Party and the World, Volume 1: The Evolution of Labour's Foreign Policy, 1900-51 - Softcover

Vickers, Rhiannon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0719067456 ISBN 13: 9780719067457

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2003

Synopsis

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.

An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.

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About this title

About the Author

Rhiannon Vickers is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics, University of Sheffield

Edition details

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0719067456
• ISBN 13: 9780719067457
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240