The Conservative Party and the extreme right, 1945-75 [electronic resource] / Mark Pitchford.
2011
JN1129.C7 P58 2011eb
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The Conservative Party and the extreme right, 1945-75 [electronic resource] / Mark Pitchford.
Author
Pitchford, Mark.
ISBN
071908363X
9780719083631
9781847794123 (e-book)
9780719083631
9781847794123 (e-book)
Publication Details
Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Language
English
Description
viii, 243 p.
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JN1129.C7 P58 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
324.24104
Summary
Shows how the Conservative Party, realising that its well-documented pre-Second World War connections with the extreme right were now embarrassing, used its bureaucracy to implement a policy of investigating extreme right groups and taking action to minimise their chances of success.
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Shows how the Conservative Party, realising that its well-documented pre-Second World War connections with the extreme right were now embarrassing, used its bureaucracy to implement a policy of investigating extreme right groups and taking action to minimise their chances of success.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
The shock of opposition, 1945-51
Consensus Conservatism and extreme-right revival, 1951-57
Macmillan and Home : 'pink socialism' and 'true-blue' Conservatism, 1957-64
Edward Heath : a rightwards turn and the coalescence of the extreme right, 1964-70
'Heathco' meets the extreme-right's challenge, 1970-75
Conclusion : keeping it right.
Consensus Conservatism and extreme-right revival, 1951-57
Macmillan and Home : 'pink socialism' and 'true-blue' Conservatism, 1957-64
Edward Heath : a rightwards turn and the coalescence of the extreme right, 1964-70
'Heathco' meets the extreme-right's challenge, 1970-75
Conclusion : keeping it right.