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Author:

Pitchford, Mark.

Title:

The Conservative Party and the extreme right, 1945-75 / Mark Pitchford.

Publisher:

Manchester University Press ;

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

viii, 243 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-238) and index.

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.

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.

ISBN:

071908363X
9780719083631

OCLC:

(OCoLC)662578178

LCCN:

2011283201

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)