Description
Book SynopsisSince World War II, the British Labour Party has played a central role in dealing with complex international issues. Achieving real power in parliament for the first time, Labour governments have acted responsibly, and are usually in accord with the views of a substantial majority of the British people. Such was not always the case. In British Labour Seeks a Foreign Policy, 1900-1940, Henry R. Winkler synthesizes twenty years'' study of the subject to offer the first full-scale treatment of the Labour Party''s evolution in foreign affairs.
The Labour Party came into existence at the beginning of the twentieth century to deal with the domestic problems of the working class, and it showed relatively little interest in foreign policy issues. In the aftermath of World War I, however, small groups of moderates made the case against the bitter rejection of the Versailles Treaty by many in the Labour Party and the trade union movement. Most of these argued that the League of
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Background
2. The First World War
3. Labour and the Paris Settlement
4. The First Labour Government
5. The Locarno Era
6. The Second Labour Government
7. The Early 1930s
8. The Triple Crisis
9. The Chamberlain Factor
10. Prelude to War
Epilogue
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
