{"product_id":"labour-party-war-and-international-relations-1945-2006","title":"Labour Party, War and International Relations, 1945-2006","description":"\u003cp\u003eQuestions of war were not central to the founding of the Labour Party, yet questions of war – specifically, under what circumstances the party would support the dispatch of British military forces to fight abroad – have divided and damaged the party throughout its history more deeply than any other single issue. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Labour Party, War and International Relations, 1945-2006\u003c\/em\u003e opens by identifying and examining the factors that have influenced the party’s thinking about war, before considering the post-1945 Cold War context and analyzing a range of cases: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe Korean War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe party’s response to the 1956 Suez crisis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe Wilson government’s approach to the Vietnam War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabour’s response to the 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe crisis over the August 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, culminating in the 1991 war\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe wars of the 1990s over Bosnia and Kosovo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe case for war in Iraq developed by the Blair government during 2002-03. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a timely book that both illuminates approaches to past wars and helps us understand the basis of current military commitments. As such it will be of great interest to students across courses in politics, history, and war studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54233626083672,"sku":"9780415399128","price":65.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415399128.jpg?v=1779421562","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/labour-party-war-and-international-relations-1945-2006","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}