Keith Hodgson

Fighting fascism: the British Left and the rise of fascism, 1919-39 (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In the years between the two world wars, fascism triumphed in Italy, Germany, Spain and elsewhere, coming to power after intense struggles with the labour movements of those countries.

This book, available in paperback for the first time, analyses the way in which the British left responded to this new challenge. How did socialists and communists in Britain explain what fascism was? What did they do to oppose it, and how successful were they? In examining the theories and actions of the Labour Party, the TUC, the Communist Party and other, smaller left-wing groups, the book explains their different approaches, while at the same time highlighting the common thread that ran through all their interpretations of fascism.

The author argues that the British left has been largely overlooked in the few specific studies of anti-fascism that exist, with the focus being disproportionately applied to its European counterparts. He also takes issue with recent developments in the study of fascism, and argues that the views of the left, often derided by modern historians, are still relevant today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAPA Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781847797575
• Artikelnr.: 42370836

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Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Glossary of terms and abbreviations Introduction 1. White
Guards and Black Hundreds: existing concepts of counter-revolution 2.
Explaining Italian fascism: from movement to dictatorship, 1919-26 3. The
British left and the rise of Nazism Case study: political evolution and
analyses of fascism 4. The left and fascism in Britain, 1919-32 5. Opposing
the British Union of Fascists Case study: political evolution and
anti-fascism 6. Fascism and war Conclusion: the Old Left and the 'New
Consensus' Bibliography Index