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Fascism, Anti-Fascism and Britain in the 1940s

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  • © 2000

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Authors:
  1. Dave Renton

    1. Department of History, Edge Hill College of Higher Education, UK

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Despite the Second World War and the Holocaust, postwar Britain was not immune to fascism. By 1948, a large and confident fascist movement had been established, with a strong network of local organisers and public speakers, and an audience of thousands. However, within two years the fascists had collapsed under the pressure of a successful anti-fascist campaign. This book explains how it was that fascism could grow so fast, and how it then went into decline.

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Dave Renton
    Pages 1-10

  3. What Actually Happened: Fascism and Anti-Fascism, 1918–51

    • Dave Renton
    Pages 11-41

  4. The Heil Hitler Brigade: Fascism, 1945–51

    • Dave Renton
    Pages 42-70

  5. Not Just Commandos: Anti-Fascism, 1945–51

    • Dave Renton
    Pages 71-100

  6. An Unbiased Watch? Fascism, Anti-Fascism and the State

    • Dave Renton
    Pages 101-129

  7. Conclusion

    • Dave Renton
    Pages 130-144

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 145-203
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'This volume has the obvious merit of exactly fulfilling its title's promise...it has a clear focus, a number of interesting hypotheses and an impressive volume of evidence...This is an interesting study, very well-supported by extensive evidence...' - John R Howe, The Lecturer

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of History, Edge Hill College of Higher Education, UK

    Dave Renton

About the author

DAVE RENTON is a lecturer at the Department of History at Edge Hill College of Higher Education. Educated at St John's College, Oxford, and with a doctorate from Sheffield University, he has previously taught in Tower Hamlets College, Nottingham Trent University and Rhodes University in South Africa. He has written widely on the subject of political ideology, and has published articles in Changing English, International Socialism, Lobster, and Race and Class. He is a former member of the editorial board of the magazine Socialist Review while his previous books include Red Shirts and Black, Fascists and Anti-Fascists in Oxford in the 1930s, and Fascism: Theory and Practice. He is a former member of the Socialist Workers Party.

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