02170nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10627275 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 110722s2011 enk sb 001 0 eng d 2011283201 071908363X 9780719083631 9781847794123 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)808598711 e-uk--- JN1129.C7 P58 2011eb 324.24104 22 Pitchford, Mark. The Conservative Party and the extreme right, 1945-75 [electronic resource] / Mark Pitchford. Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. viii, 243 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. The shock of opposition, 1945-51 -- Consensus Conservatism and extreme-right revival, 1951-57 -- Macmillan and Home : 'pink socialism' and 'true-blue' Conservatism, 1957-64 -- Edward Heath : a rightwards turn and the coalescence of the extreme right, 1964-70 -- 'Heathco' meets the extreme-right's challenge, 1970-75 -- Conclusion : keeping it right. Shows how the Conservative Party, realising that its well-documented pre-Second World War connections with the extreme right were now embarrassing, used its bureaucracy to implement a policy of investigating extreme right groups and taking action to minimise their chances of success. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Conservative Party (Great Britain) Right and left (Political science) Great Britain. Great Britain Politics and government 1945-1964. Great Britain Politics and government 1964-1979. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10627275 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 66752 66752