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The Conservative Party and the extreme right, 1945-75 [electronic resource] / Mark Pitchford.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.Description: viii, 243 pISBN:
  • 071908363X
  • 9780719083631
  • 9781847794123 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 324.24104 22
LOC classification:
  • JN1129.C7 P58 2011eb
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

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