1st Edition
The Party of Patriotism The Conservative Party and the First World War
By Nigel Keohane
Copyright 2010
260 Pages
by
Routledge
260 Pages
by
Routledge
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The First World War was a period of turbulent and unprecedented political upheaval that witnessed contrasting fortunes for Britain's major political parties. This book demonstrates how the Conservative Party was able to respond effectively in these years by refining a wartime patriotism that ensured its unity as a party, helped define its electoral fortunes and shaped ideological cohesion.... Read more
Contents: Introduction; War, politics and military strategy; Coalition and leadership; Irish Unionism; Patriotism and anti-socialism; Electoral reform; Collectivism; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Nigel Keohane holds a BA and MA in history from Exeter University and a PhD in political history from Queen Mary College, University of London, where he also taught on the Great War. He currently works for a public policy thinktank in London.
'This lucid, original and important book illuminates a key topic which has been too long neglected.' Stuart Ball, University of Leicester, UK ’...a cogently argued and well-researched book... Keohane charts with great skill the mix of political opportunism and deeply-held conviction, which shaped the Conservative response to the war and concludes pithily and aptly that not alone had the Conservatives fought to make the world safe for democracy, but that they had also succeeded in 'making democracy safe for the world'.' Dr William Mulligan, University College Dublin, Politico.ie 'This book offers a welcome corrective to research which has traditionally concentrated on the rise of Labour and the decline of the Liberals during the First World War by focusing on the experience of the party that, after all, dominated British politics for a twenty-year period after 1918.' English Historical Review '... Keohane's assiduous research provides a valuable contribution to a still developing component in the historiography of British politics and is recommended.' Cercles 'This work is a thorough and focused study that will no doubt offer new insights even to those who specialize in both the period and the party.' H-Albion 'This is a lucid and thought-provoking work. The International History Review
