The Conservative Party and the extreme right, 1945-75 - Pitchford, Mark (Manchester University Press, 2011)
This text 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
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