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David Swift - For Class and Country: The Patriotic Left and the First World War - 9781786940025 - V9781786940025
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For Class and Country: The Patriotic Left and the First World War

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Description for For Class and Country: The Patriotic Left and the First World War Hardback. This book argues that labour patriotism characterised the left's stance on the First World War, the anti-war stance was marginalised, and this patriotism both held the labour movement together and ensured greater electoral success after 1918. Series: Studies in Labour History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
The First World War has often suffered from comparison to the Second, in terms of both public interest and the significance ascribed to it by scholars in the shaping of modern Britain. This is especially so for the relationship between the Left and these two wars. For the Left, the Second World War can be seen as a time of triumph: a united stand against fascism followed by a landslide election win and a radical, reforming Labour government. The First World War is more complex. Given the gratuitous cost in lives, the failure of a ‘fit country for heroes to ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Studies in Labour History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786940025
SKU
V9781786940025
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50

About David Swift
David Swift completed his PhD in 2014 and currently teaches history at Queen Mary, University of London.

Reviews for For Class and Country: The Patriotic Left and the First World War
Reviews 'The first substantial text to concentrate on the importance of the patriotic dimension to the political beliefs of labour leaders, members of parliament, and a variety of ethical socialists and Marxists, thereby filling an important gap in the historiography of the British labour movement by exploring the relationship between socialists and patriotism during the Great War.' Keith Gildart, ... Read more

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