Hicks, Geoffrey. <br/><br/>
Peace, war and party politics  the Conservatives and Europe, 1846-59. 

 - Manchester :  Manchester University Press,  (c)2007. 
 - 1 online resource (289 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>9780719075957; 9780719075957; Copyright; 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,1852-55; 7 From war to peace: opposing Palmerston, 1855-58; 8 Disraelian undertones, 1858; 9 The Italian question; 10 European war, Conservative struggle; 11 The politics of Conservative foreign policy; Bibliography; Index. 
<br/><br/> Peace, war and party politics 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. The book considers the Conservatives? response - in opposition and government - to the tumultuous era of Napoleon III, the Crimean war and Italian unification. Within a clear chronological framework, it focuses on?high? politics, and offers a detailed account of the party?s foreign policy in government under its longest-serving but forgotten leader, the fourteenth Earl of Derby. It attaches equ. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781847791474 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Conservative Party (Great Britain)--History--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Conservative Party (Great Britain)--History--19th century.<br/>Europe--Foreign relations--Great Britain.<br/>Great Britain--Foreign relations--1837-1901.<br/>Great Britain--Foreign relations--Europe.<br/>Great Britain--Politics and government--1837-1901.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>D34  / .P433 2007