Backbench Debate Within the Conservative Party and Its Influence on British Foreign Policy, 1948-57

ISBN-13: 9780333656372 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 334 str.

Sue Onslow

Opis

This book examines Conservative backbench debate on European integration and British relations in the Middle East between 1948 and 1957. In seeking to compare the impact of a loose affiliation of Conservative MPs, an organized faction of longstanding and an ad-hoc pressure group, the text concentrates upon the Europeanists, the Suez Group and the Anti-Suez Group and considers their attempts to influence British foreign policy, using interviews with former parliamentarians and contemporary sources, published and unpublished.

Recenzje

'This well-researched and entertaining book is recommended to all who are interested in understanding the board forces which impinge upon the policy-making process in Britain.' - Michael David Kandiah, Diplomacy & Statecraft

Spis treści

Acknowledgements - Abbreviations - Introduction - Conservative Attitudes to European Integration - The Conservative Party and Europe: In Opposition 1948-50 - The Waiting Room of Power: 1950-51 - The Conservatives and Europe: The Pragmatism of Power 1951-57 - The Genesis of the Suez Group and the Anti-Suez Group - The Conservative Party and the Middle East: 1948-51 - The Conservatives in Power: Egypt and the Sudan 1951-53 - Negotiating the Withdrawal from the Suez Canal Zone Base 1952-54 - The Conservative Party and the Middle East 1955-57 - Conclusion - Appendices - Bibliography - Index

O autorze

SUE ONSLOW