Hurrah for the Blackshirts!: Fascists and Fascism in Britain Between the Wars

by Martin Pugh

Book Overview

Britain is celebrated for having avoided the extremism, political violence and instability that blighted many European countries between the two world wars. But her success was a closer thing than has been realized. Disillusionment with parliamentary democracy, outbreaks of fascist violence and fears of communist subversion in industry and the Empire ran through the entire period.

Fascist organizations may have failed to attract the support...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844130878
• ISBN13: 9781844130870
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Pimlico
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.1" x 7.8"