Between 1918 and 1939, 448 men who performed uniformed service in the First World War became Conservative MPs. This relatively high-profile cohort have been under-explored as a distinct body, yet a study of their experiences of the war and the ways in which they - and the Conservative Party - represented those experiences to the voting public reveals much about the political culture of Interwar Britain and the use of the Great War as political capital.
Between 1918 and 1939, 448 men who performed uniformed service in the First World War became Conservative MPs. This relatively high-profile cohort have been under-explored as a distinct body, yet a study of their experiences of the war and the ways in which they - and the Conservative Party - represented those experiences to the voting public reveals much about the political culture of Interwar Britain and the use of the Great War as political capital.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Richard Carr has lectured at the University of East Anglia and served as a By-Fellow at Churchill College, University of Cambridge. His academic work has primarily explored the links between the Great War and British politics after 1918. He currently is a Research Fellow at Anglia Ruskin University, and is co-authoring a biography of the 1960s Labour Party minister Alice Bacon.
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Contents: Introduction The meaning of conflict Reaching Westminster The impact of Baldwin and the search for dynamism, c.1918-1929 Logical Tories? Reflecting on Mosley and the democratic process, c.1929-1935 Dictatorship, empire and foreign policy A second war and debates over reform Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index.
Contents: Introduction The meaning of conflict Reaching Westminster The impact of Baldwin and the search for dynamism, c.1918-1929 Logical Tories? Reflecting on Mosley and the democratic process, c.1929-1935 Dictatorship, empire and foreign policy A second war and debates over reform Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index.
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