1. Liberals and armaments 1900 -1918
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David Singeisen and University of Exeter
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politique économique ,[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences ,lcsh:Social Sciences ,1906-1924 ,politique étrangère ,Political science ,General election ,lcsh:Social sciences (General) ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Liberal Party ,XXe siècle ,economic policy ,Government ,General Medicine ,16. Peace & justice ,politique de défense ,Europe ,lcsh:H ,defence policy ,Parti libéral ,Liberalism ,foreign policy ,Political economy ,Law ,lcsh:H1-99 ,Royaume-Uni ,[SHS.HIST]Humanities and Social Sciences/History - Abstract
The Liberal Party won the 1906 general election by a landslide. They did so, in part, officially supporting a policy of peaceful foreign and imperial policy, coupled with a reduction in armaments. Eight years later that same Liberal Government, comprising several of the same figures that had been there in 1906, not only introduced the largest Naval Estimates yet seen, but took Great Britain into a major European war. Why did they do this?From 1868 to 1894 the Liberal Party was dominated by on...
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- 2011
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