Journal of Liberal History 42 – Special issue: Liberals and International Policy
Journal of Liberal History 42 – Special issue: Liberals and International Policy
Issue: 42, Spring 2004Price: £5
Contents
Introduction: Liberals and international policy
Introduction to the special edition of the journal on Liberals and international policy.
Gladstone's Midlothian Campaign of 1879
The realpolitik of Christian humanitarianism.
Letters to the Editor: Issue 42
Lib-Labs (Roy Douglas); Archie Macdonald (Michael Meadowcroft).
The heyday of Liberal internationalism
Despite the weakness of the Liberal Party in the inter-war period, Liberal ideals remained important.
How did the Empire strike back?
The impact of imperialism on democracy and liberalism in Britrain 1865-1920.
Through terror to triumph
Lloyd George’s Queen’s Hall speech of 19 September 1914.
Archibald Sinclair: Liberal anti-appeaser
The Liberal leader’s role as a critic of appeasement.
The growth of Liberal International
The development of global cooperation between Liberal parties.
Liberals and the Suez crisis
Examination of the Liberal role in the Suez crisis of 1956 and the long-term consequences for the Liberal Party.
Reformism and the Risorgimento
Review of Derek Beales and Eugenio F. Biagini, The Risorgimento and the Unification of Italy (Longman, 2nd edition, 2002).
An inept and flawed peace
Review of Margaret MacMillan, Peacemakers: The Paris Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War (John Murray, 2003).
Liberals and Europe
The development of the Liberal commitment to Europe, 1945-64.