The Aberdeen Coalition 1852–1855 (Paperback)

Part I. the Formation of the coalition and its early Parliamentary successes: 1. The formation of the Aberdeen coalition, December 1852; 2. The coalition cabinet; 3. Peelite finance: Gladstone's first budget; 4. The India Act of 1853; 5. Religious issues and reform measures; 6. The coalition triumphant: an assessment of the first session; Part II. The Coalition and the origins of the Crimean War: 7. The Eastern Question: from the Seymour Conversations to the Vienna note; 8. The Eastern Question: the failure of negotiation - August to December 1853; 9. A domestic interlude - the cabinet crisis of December 1853; 10. The drift to war from December 1853 to March 1854; 11. Parliament, public opinion and the outbreak of war; Part III. Reform and Frustration: 12. Lord John Russell's parliamentary reform bill of 1854; 13. The Peelite contribution to reform in 1854; 14. Frustration: the failure of the legislative programme of 1854; Part IV. The Crimean War and the fall of the coalition; 15. The conduct of the war - the debate in parliament, April?August 1854; 16. The conduct of the war - some diplomatic problems; 17. The conduct of the war - the invasion of the Crimea; 18. The end of the coalition; Conclusion.