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OverviewBetween 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. Radicalised ex-servicemen have, thus far, been considered a rather continental phenomenon historiographically. And whilst attitudes to Hitler and Mussolini form part of this analysis, the study also explores why there were fewer such types in Britain. The Conservative Party, it will be shown, played a crucial part in such a process - with British politics serving as a contested space for survivors' interpretations of what the war should mean. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richard CarrPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.589kg ISBN: 9781409441038ISBN 10: 1409441032 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 09 April 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Professional & Vocational , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsExperiences of the First World War defined the world view of many in interwar British society, just as the Conservative Party dominated that period's politics. In exploring the lives of veterans turned Tory politicians, this study shows not only how the Conservatives gained power between the wars, but also why they were unable to transform the nation for the better when in office. In the words of Yogi Berra, it feels like deja vu all over again.'Lord Maurice Glasman, London Metropolitan University, UK'This book shows how the Great War influenced British political culture after 1918 to a meaningful degree. Conservative MP's brought their understandings of what their war experience had meant to the pressing issues of the time, particularly unemployment and appeasement, but they did so in ways that defy some of the easier generalizations of the standard narrative. A useful study of an important subject.'Adrian Gregory, Pembroke College, University of Oxford, UK Author InformationRichard 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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