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Peace, war and party politics : the Conservatives and Europe, 1846-59.

Peace, war and party politics examines the mid-Victorian Conservative Party?s significant but overlooked role in British foreign policy and in contemporary debate about Britain?s relations with Europe. The book considers the Conservatives? response - in opposition and government - to the tumultuous...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hicks, Geoffrey
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Peace, war and party politics examines the mid-Victorian Conservative Party?s significant but overlooked role in British foreign policy and in contemporary debate about Britain?s relations with Europe. The book considers the Conservatives? response - in opposition and government - to the tumultuous era of Napoleon III, the Crimean war and Italian unification. Within a clear chronological framework, it focuses on?high? politics, and offers a detailed account of the party?s foreign policy in government under its longest-serving but forgotten leader, the fourteenth Earl of Derby. It attaches equ.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (289 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781847791474
1847791476
9781781700785
1781700788