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Fascism in Britain: From Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts to the National Front New edition


Fascism in Britain: From Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts to the National Front New edition

Paperback by Thurlow, Richard C.

Fascism in Britain: From Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts to the National Front

£24.99

ISBN:
9781860643378
Publication Date:
31 Dec 1998
Edition/language:
New edition / English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:
I.B. Tauris
Pages:
352 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 10 - 15 May 2024
Fascism in Britain: From Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts to the National Front

Description

This edition investigates fascist activities in the period of turmoil leading to World War II and raises disturbing questions: how far was the British establishment involved? What were the links with Nazi Germany? What were the plans for the future of British Jews? How much did the British secret service know? Despite the revelation of the horrors of Nazi Germany, British Fascism survived 1945. The author discusses the organization, aims and techniques behind British Fascism, including the formation of the National Front. This revised text analyzes the period from 1984 to the present day, including the effect of the end of the Cold War and the collapse of Communism in Russia and Europe, the disturbing growth of illiberal nationalism and the growth of neo-fascism, anti-Semitism and racialism.

Contents

The origins of British fascism 1890-1918; the British fascist and the "Jew wise", 1918-1939; the BUF and British society, 1932-1939; the boys in black, 1932-1939; the mutiny against destiny; the Hitler fan club; internment, 1939-1945; new wine for old bottlers, 1945-1960; national socialists and racial populists, 1960-1967; the grand synthesis, 1967-1985; terminal decline?. Conclusion: the sawdust caesars.

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