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

Zusatztext incisive study of Labour politics in wartime Zusammenfassung Labour's War 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. Stephen 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. Dr Brooke's extensively researched and original study calls into question the long-standing belief in an atmosphere of consensus among the political parties. His analysis uncovers the sharp ideological differences which persisted throughout the war years and after. He also demonstrates the impact of the war on the development of Labour's socialism. The Labour victory in the 1945 election remains one of the most significant turning-points in modern British history, setting Britain on a new course, towards the welfare state and the managed economy. The book is an important contribution to our understanding of how this came about. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Brooke, Stephen (Assistant Professor of History Brooke, Brooke Stephen
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.07.1992
• EAN: 9780198202851
• ISBN: 978-0-19-820285-1
• No. of pages: 378
• Series: Oxford Historical Monographs; Oxford Historical Monographs
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Political Parties, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, British & Irish history, Second World War, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Political parties and party platforms, HISTORY / Europe / Spain