Liberals, International Relations and Appeasement : The Liberal Party, 1919-1939

ISBN-13: 9780714650920 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 224 str.

Richard S. Grayson

Opis

This work shows the importance of analyzing the low politics of areas that have traditionally been dominated by high politics. The role of bodies such as the Liberal Summer School and the Women's Liberal Federation are examined, along with the work of thinkers such as JM Keynes and Ramsay Muir. The text should make two major contributions to our knowledge of the role of international relations in British politics in the inter-war years. First, by analysing the Liberal Party's principles and policies on international relations, it offers a perspective on British Liberalism. Second, by exploring the Liberal Party's alternative to the Baldwin-Chamberlain policy of appeasement, it enters the historical debate on the options open to Britain in the 1930s, and shows that there was a Liberal alternative to appeasement.

Recenzje

'A readable and scholarly book that opens up new perspectives on the Liberal record on foreign policy in the inter-war period.' - The Reformer

'Enhances our understanding of the principal international motivations which helped drive Liberals through the lean and mean inter-war years.' - Liberal Democrat News

'Grayson embarks upon an interesting discussion of the key Liberal thinkers of the era.'

- The International History Review

O autorze

Grayson, Dr Richard S; Grayson, Richard S.