Against the Cold War: The History and Political Traditions of Pro-Sovietism in the British Labour Party, 1945-1989 by Lilleker, Darren G.

Against the Cold War: The History and Political Traditions of Pro-Sovietism in the British Labour Party, 1945-1989 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781780760308)

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Against the Cold War: The History and Political Traditions of Pro-Sovietism in the British Labour Party, 1945-1989 by Lilleker, Darren G.

Against the Cold War: The History and Political Traditions of Pro-Sovietism in the British Labour Party, 1945-1989

$49.95
Against the Cold War: The History and Political Traditions of Pro-Sovietism in the British Labour Party, 1945-1989 by Lilleker, Darren G.

Against the Cold War: The History and Political Traditions of Pro-Sovietism in the British Labour Party, 1945-1989

$49.95
Format: Paperback
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Who were the British MPs sympathetic to the Soviets - the 'crypto-communists' 'left-wing gadflys', the 'neo-Stalinist left' so derided by fellow politicians, journalists, historians and the public? These Labour MPs, fingered as 'Soviet spies' who developed links with post-war Russia, were seen as potentially anti-Western actors in the Cold War. "Against the Cold War" examines the careers and motives of MPs like Tom Driberg and Ian Mikardo who developed ideological links with the Soviet Union and whose ideas influenced Labour's left-wing. Although radical and sympathetic to Communist ideals, they remained principled socialists, and were ready to exercise Trotsky's 'right to alight'- to oppose and even abandon Soviet links for democratic socialism.

Author: Darren G. Lilleker
ISBN-10: 1780760302
ISBN-13: 9781780760308
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Language: English
Published: 03/02/2017
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.64d
By Darren G. Lilleker
By Darren G. Lilleker
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Darren G. Lilleker is Senior Lecturer and Director of the Centre for Public Communication Research at Bournemouth University. His research focuses on strategic political communication and the impacts on democracy. Dr Lilleker is Chair of the Political Marketing Group, and Political Communication Convenor for the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR).

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