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This book examines the mid-Victorian Conservative Party’s significant but overlooked role in British foreign policy and in contemporary debate about Britain’s relations with Europe. It considers the Conservatives’ response, in opposition and government, to the tumultuous era of Napoleon III, the Crimean war and Italian unification.

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Conservative perspectives
3. Prelude to power, 1850-52
4. 1852. Foreign affairs; domestic problems
5. Entente Cordiale
6. From peace to war: opposing Aberdeen, 1852-1855
7. From war to peace: opposing Palmerston, 1855-1858
8. Disraelian undertones, 1858
9. The Italian Question
10. European war; Conservative struggle
11. The politics of Conservative foreign policy

Peace War and Party Politics The Conservatives

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 9/30/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719096662, 978-0719096662
      ISBN10: 0719096669

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book examines the mid-Victorian Conservative Party’s significant but overlooked role in British foreign policy and in contemporary debate about Britain’s relations with Europe. It considers the Conservatives’ response, in opposition and government, to the tumultuous era of Napoleon III, the Crimean war and Italian unification.

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      1. Introduction
      2. Conservative perspectives
      3. Prelude to power, 1850-52
      4. 1852. Foreign affairs; domestic problems
      5. Entente Cordiale
      6. From peace to war: opposing Aberdeen, 1852-1855
      7. From war to peace: opposing Palmerston, 1855-1858
      8. Disraelian undertones, 1858
      9. The Italian Question
      10. European war; Conservative struggle
      11. The politics of Conservative foreign policy

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