The Conservative Party and the extreme right, 1945-75
Pitchford, Mark.
The Conservative Party and the extreme right, 1945-75 [electronic resource] / Mark Pitchford. - Manchester ; New York : New York : Manchester University Press ; Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. - viii, 243 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9781847794123 (electronic bk.)
Conservative Party (Great Britain)
Right and left (Political science)--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1945-1964.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1964-1979.
Electronic books.
JN1129.C7 / P58 2011
324.24104
The Conservative Party and the extreme right, 1945-75 [electronic resource] / Mark Pitchford. - Manchester ; New York : New York : Manchester University Press ; Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. - viii, 243 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9781847794123 (electronic bk.)
Conservative Party (Great Britain)
Right and left (Political science)--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1945-1964.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1964-1979.
Electronic books.
JN1129.C7 / P58 2011
324.24104