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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2007.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (289 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781847791474 1847791476 9781781700785 1781700788 |