Labour's War : The Labour Party and the Second World War

ISBN-13: 9780198202851 / Angielski

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Opis

This book is the first scholarly history of the Labour Party during the Second World War, and offers a fresh look at British politics during the war years. Brooke examines the effect of war upon the party's ideology and policy, the experience in government of Labour leaders such as Clement Attlee and Hugh Dalton, and the tensions produced within the party by the circumstances of war. Brooke's extensively researched and original study calls into question the long-standing belief in an atmosphere of consensus among the political parties, and uncovers the sharp ideological differences which persisted throughout the war years and after.

Recenzje

incisive study of Labour politics in wartime

Spis treści

Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Road from 1931; 2. Forward to War 1939-1940; 3. Coalition and its Discontents; 4. Policy-Making 1941-1943; 5. Labour in the Coalition; 6. Labour and Economic Policy during the Second World War; 7. Socialism and the War: Old Problems and New Country; 8. Forward to Peace 1944-1945; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.