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A foreign policy in opposition: The British Labour Party and the Far East, 1951-1964.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A foreign policy in opposition: The British Labour Party and the Far East, 1951-1964./
Author:	Rowan, Randy.
Description:	357 p.
Notes:	Chairperson: Brian L. Blakeley.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International53-12A.
Subject:	History, Modern. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9312548

A foreign policy in opposition: The British Labour Party and the Far East, 1951-1964.
Rowan, Randy.

A foreign policy in opposition: The British Labour Party and the Far East, 1951-1964. - 357 p.

Chairperson: Brian L. Blakeley.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Texas Tech University, 1992.

The period of 1951-1964 was a time of intense frustration for the British Labour Party. This dissatisfaction resulted from Labour's failure to realize the dreams of a socialist Britain produced by the great electoral victory of 1945. The vision of a strong, united Labour Party remaking British society and applying socialist principles to foreign policy soon disappeared in a steadily increasing atmosphere of ideological division, personal animosity and generational conflict. Despite the impressive domestic accomplishments of the Attlee governments, the Conservative victory of 1951 plunged the party into thirteen years of ineffective opposition characterized by continuous internal struggle and failure in three successive elections by increasingly larger margins.Subjects--Topical Terms:

516334
History, Modern.

A foreign policy in opposition: The British Labour Party and the Far East, 1951-1964.
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245 1 2 $a A foreign policy in opposition: The British Labour Party and the Far East, 1951-1964.
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502 $a Thesis (Ph.D.)--Texas Tech University, 1992.
520 $a The period of 1951-1964 was a time of intense frustration for the British Labour Party. This dissatisfaction resulted from Labour's failure to realize the dreams of a socialist Britain produced by the great electoral victory of 1945. The vision of a strong, united Labour Party remaking British society and applying socialist principles to foreign policy soon disappeared in a steadily increasing atmosphere of ideological division, personal animosity and generational conflict. Despite the impressive domestic accomplishments of the Attlee governments, the Conservative victory of 1951 plunged the party into thirteen years of ineffective opposition characterized by continuous internal struggle and failure in three successive elections by increasingly larger margins.
520 $a This study explores the attitudes of the various groups within the Labour Party toward British Far Eastern policy during this period of opposition. It seeks to understand the impact of Asian issues on the unity and effectiveness of the party. Following the 1945 victory, the party's left-wing expected Britain to adopt a foreign policy based on socialist principles. Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, however, dashed these hopes by accepting the traditional assumptions of British foreign policy and pursuing a course based on a special relationship with the United States and opposition to the Soviet Union in the Cold War.
520 $a Bevin's policies in Asia, as well as in Europe, prompted left-wing criticism of the Attlee government, which began in late 1945 and intensified when the party moved to the opposition benches. As the Conservatives continued many of the policies of the Labour Government, the party leaders faced the difficult choice of having to oppose their own initiatives or adopt a bipartisan approach. This dilemma reduced the effectiveness of the Labour leadership, provided the Conservatives with a weakness to exploit and deepened the division in the party. This study examines the development and impact of Labour policy toward Asian problems such as the Korean War, relations with China, the independence of Malaya and the struggle against communism in Indochina within the context of the divisions that plagued the party while in opposition and reappeared following the return to power in 1964.
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