Fascism in Modern Britain (Sutton Modern British History, 9) - Hardcover
Fascism was one of the most potent and damaging political forces of the twentieth century. In Spain, Italy and, in particular, Germany, its effects were profound. In Britain, by contrast, Fascism was to prove a public order irritant rather than a political threat. But it has, nevertheless, become a controversial historical topic. 'Revisionist' interpretations, which give credence to the views of British Fascists, have been challenged by an anti-Fascist tradition which continues to 'blame the blackshirts' for provoking confrontation in the 1930s, and the National Front and the British National Party for fomenting racial prejudice in more recent times.
New sources, including the 1300 pages unpublished 'official history' of the British Union of Fascists (BUF), together with Fascist autobiographies and the continuing release of state papers on British Fascism, have enabled greater insight and much new information. The development of new forms of historical investigation, particularly oral history and intelligence history, have revealed a lot more about the cloak and dagger aspects of British Fascist history, including the more murky areas such as the financing of the BUF in the 1930s and the saga of the 'Fifth Column' crisis, of which British Fascists were among the most conspicuous victims.
This volume reviews the extensive historiography and the new sources which have been developed over the last ten years. It explores the connections between British Fascism and Nazism, asks whether the BUF can be considered a genuine Fascist movement, and investigates the relationship between anti-immigrant post-war racial populist and neo-Fascist groups and the inter-war tradition. Fully up-to-date, and offering many new insights, it will be required reading for anyone studying or merely interested in British Fascism.
New sources, including the 1300 pages unpublished 'official history' of the British Union of Fascists (BUF), together with Fascist autobiographies and the continuing release of state papers on British Fascism, have enabled greater insight and much new information. The development of new forms of historical investigation, particularly oral history and intelligence history, have revealed a lot more about the cloak and dagger aspects of British Fascist history, including the more murky areas such as the financing of the BUF in the 1930s and the saga of the 'Fifth Column' crisis, of which British Fascists were among the most conspicuous victims.
This volume reviews the extensive historiography and the new sources which have been developed over the last ten years. It explores the connections between British Fascism and Nazism, asks whether the BUF can be considered a genuine Fascist movement, and investigates the relationship between anti-immigrant post-war racial populist and neo-Fascist groups and the inter-war tradition. Fully up-to-date, and offering many new insights, it will be required reading for anyone studying or merely interested in British Fascism.
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- PublisherSutton Pub Ltd
- ISBN 10 0750917474
- ISBN 13 9780750917476
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages192
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