Parties at War: Political Organization in Second World War Britain

By Andrew Thorpe

Political parties formed the cornerstone of the liberal democracy for which Britain claimed it was fighting in the Second World War. However, that conflict represented the most sustained challenge to the British party system during the twentieth century. War forced the suspension of normal electoral politics, and exerted considerable extra demands on the time and loyalties of party activists and organizers. This all posed a serious challenge to the Conservative, Labor and Liberal parties.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199272735
• ISBN13: 9780199272730
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: OUP UK
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"