Against the Cold War - The History Political Traditions of Pro Sovietism in British Labour

Informationen zum Autor Darren Lilleker completed his research at the University of Sheffield - renowned for work in Labour history - and teaches in the Bournemouth Media School at Bournemouth University. Klappentext Few historians! including Left-wing scholars and writers! have a good word to say about British Members of Parliament sympathetic to the Soviets--"the neo-Stalinist Left!" "crypto-Communists!" "left-wing gadflys." Much has been published on "Soviet spies" and their connections with Labour MPs but "Against the Cold War" debunks this popular literature and shows in detail the relationships between the MPs and their "handlers." Lilleker shows the largely well-meaning attempts on the part of British MPs to develop a coexistence with the Soviet bloc--both culturally and politically--and to change negative perceptions of the Soviets. Through detailed analysis and extensive research he emphasizes that far from being a danger to the state! as has been generally accepted! these Labour MPs were largely innocent and ineffectual. Zusammenfassung This text examines the careers and motives of MPs like Arthur Horner, Tom Driberg and Ian Mikardo who developed ideological links with the Soviet Union and whose ideas influenced Labour's left-wing.

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• Authors: Darren G Lilleker, Darren G. Lilleker
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.11.2004
• EAN: 9781850434719
• ISBN: 978-1-85043-471-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: International Library of Political Studies; International Library of Polit; International Library of Polit; International Library of Political Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system