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What did you do during the war? : the last throes of the British pro-Nazi Right, 1940-45, Richard Griffiths

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"This book is a sequel to Richard Griffiths's two highly successful previous books on the British pro-Nazi Right: Fellow-Travellers of the Right : British Enthusiasts for Nazi Germany, 1933-9; and Patriotism Perverted : Captain Ramsay, the Right Club and British Anti-Semitism, 1939-40. It follows the fortunes of his protagonists after the arrests of May-June 1940, and charts their very varied reactions to the failure of their cause, while also looking at the possible reasons for the government's failure to detain prominent pro-Nazis from the higher strata of society. Some of the pro-Nazis continued with their original views, and even undertook politically subversive activity, here and in Germany. Others, finding that their pre-war balance between patriotism and pro-Nazism had now tipped firmly on the side of patriotism, fully supported the war effort, while still maintaining their old views privately. Other people found that events had sincerely made them change their views. And then there were those who, frightened by the prospect of detention or disgrace, tried to hide or even to deny their former views by a variety of subterfuges, including attacking former colleagues. This wide variety of reactions sheds new light on the equally wide range of reasons for their original admiration for Nazism, and also gives us some more general insight into what could be termed 'the psychology of failure'"--
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eng
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xx, 358 pages
Contents
  • PART ONE: PUNCTURING MYTHS ABOUT THE "PHONEY WAR" PERIOD
  • To fight or not to fight : the myth of Mosley's patriotism
  • The reception of Bryant's Unfinished Victory : the myth of public unanimity against Nazi Germany in early 1940
  • PART TWO: PEACE AND WAR, HIGH-MINDEDNESS AND LOW CONNECTIONS : THE DUKE OF BEDFORD AND THE PEACE MOVEMENT
  • Evangelical anticapitalism : the strange case of the Duke of Bedford
  • "How can the Germans be blamed? : the infiltration of the Peace Movement
  • PART THREE: DEFENCE REGULATION 18B, AND ITS AFTER-EFFECTS
  • The watershed : the arrests of May-June 1940 and their aftermath
  • The re-emergence of extreme Right-wing movements in Britain, 1940-45
  • PART FOUR: RENEGADES
  • "Long before 1939 I had become an admirer of the Nazi system" : five British broadcasters for Nazi Germany
  • PART FIVE: PRO-NAZISM, PATRIOTISM, HATRED, FEAR, REMORSE : THE EXTRAORDINARY VARIETY OF MOTIVES AMONG FORMER "FELLOW-TRAVELLERS"
  • "Have you found many Lavals among your Galloway friends?" : wartime and post-war disputes between three "Fellow Travellers of the Right"
  • "I wrote a very full and strong letter to the King" : two would-be negotiators
  • "The internment of a person of her social standing might give the public a wrong impression" : the charmed lives of various "pillars of society"
  • "His impetuous nature, obstinacy and flawed judgement" : a bull in a china shop
  • "You know the Jew racket as well as I do" : the vagaries of the "back-to-the-landers"
  • PART SIX: AFTERMATH
  • "Change and decay in all around I see" : further post-war decline
  • CONCLUSION
  • APPENDIX: Rogues' Gallery
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9781138888968
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What did you do during the war? : the last throes of the British pro-Nazi Right, 1940-45
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What did you do during the war?
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the last throes of the British pro-Nazi Right, 1940-45
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Richard Griffiths
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Language
eng
Summary
"This book is a sequel to Richard Griffiths's two highly successful previous books on the British pro-Nazi Right: Fellow-Travellers of the Right : British Enthusiasts for Nazi Germany, 1933-9; and Patriotism Perverted : Captain Ramsay, the Right Club and British Anti-Semitism, 1939-40. It follows the fortunes of his protagonists after the arrests of May-June 1940, and charts their very varied reactions to the failure of their cause, while also looking at the possible reasons for the government's failure to detain prominent pro-Nazis from the higher strata of society. Some of the pro-Nazis continued with their original views, and even undertook politically subversive activity, here and in Germany. Others, finding that their pre-war balance between patriotism and pro-Nazism had now tipped firmly on the side of patriotism, fully supported the war effort, while still maintaining their old views privately. Other people found that events had sincerely made them change their views. And then there were those who, frightened by the prospect of detention or disgrace, tried to hide or even to deny their former views by a variety of subterfuges, including attacking former colleagues. This wide variety of reactions sheds new light on the equally wide range of reasons for their original admiration for Nazism, and also gives us some more general insight into what could be termed 'the psychology of failure'"--
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1935-
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Griffiths, Richard
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non fiction
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bibliography
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  • 1935-
  • 1935-
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  • Griffiths, Richard
  • Griffiths, Richard
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Routledge studies in fascism and the far right
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  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Right-wing extremists
  • Nazis
  • Fascists
  • Failure (Psychology)
  • Great Britain
  • Great Britain
  • Germany
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What did you do during the war? : the last throes of the British pro-Nazi Right, 1940-45, Richard Griffiths
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-344) and index
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Contents
PART ONE: PUNCTURING MYTHS ABOUT THE "PHONEY WAR" PERIOD -- To fight or not to fight : the myth of Mosley's patriotism -- The reception of Bryant's Unfinished Victory : the myth of public unanimity against Nazi Germany in early 1940 -- PART TWO: PEACE AND WAR, HIGH-MINDEDNESS AND LOW CONNECTIONS : THE DUKE OF BEDFORD AND THE PEACE MOVEMENT -- Evangelical anticapitalism : the strange case of the Duke of Bedford -- "How can the Germans be blamed? : the infiltration of the Peace Movement -- PART THREE: DEFENCE REGULATION 18B, AND ITS AFTER-EFFECTS -- The watershed : the arrests of May-June 1940 and their aftermath -- The re-emergence of extreme Right-wing movements in Britain, 1940-45 -- PART FOUR: RENEGADES -- "Long before 1939 I had become an admirer of the Nazi system" : five British broadcasters for Nazi Germany -- PART FIVE: PRO-NAZISM, PATRIOTISM, HATRED, FEAR, REMORSE : THE EXTRAORDINARY VARIETY OF MOTIVES AMONG FORMER "FELLOW-TRAVELLERS" -- "Have you found many Lavals among your Galloway friends?" : wartime and post-war disputes between three "Fellow Travellers of the Right" -- "I wrote a very full and strong letter to the King" : two would-be negotiators -- "The internment of a person of her social standing might give the public a wrong impression" : the charmed lives of various "pillars of society" -- "His impetuous nature, obstinacy and flawed judgement" : a bull in a china shop -- "You know the Jew racket as well as I do" : the vagaries of the "back-to-the-landers" -- PART SIX: AFTERMATH -- "Change and decay in all around I see" : further post-war decline -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX: Rogues' Gallery
Control code
ocn946610547
Dimensions
21 cm.
Extent
xx, 358 pages
Isbn
9781138888968
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)946610547
Label
What did you do during the war? : the last throes of the British pro-Nazi Right, 1940-45, Richard Griffiths
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-344) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
PART ONE: PUNCTURING MYTHS ABOUT THE "PHONEY WAR" PERIOD -- To fight or not to fight : the myth of Mosley's patriotism -- The reception of Bryant's Unfinished Victory : the myth of public unanimity against Nazi Germany in early 1940 -- PART TWO: PEACE AND WAR, HIGH-MINDEDNESS AND LOW CONNECTIONS : THE DUKE OF BEDFORD AND THE PEACE MOVEMENT -- Evangelical anticapitalism : the strange case of the Duke of Bedford -- "How can the Germans be blamed? : the infiltration of the Peace Movement -- PART THREE: DEFENCE REGULATION 18B, AND ITS AFTER-EFFECTS -- The watershed : the arrests of May-June 1940 and their aftermath -- The re-emergence of extreme Right-wing movements in Britain, 1940-45 -- PART FOUR: RENEGADES -- "Long before 1939 I had become an admirer of the Nazi system" : five British broadcasters for Nazi Germany -- PART FIVE: PRO-NAZISM, PATRIOTISM, HATRED, FEAR, REMORSE : THE EXTRAORDINARY VARIETY OF MOTIVES AMONG FORMER "FELLOW-TRAVELLERS" -- "Have you found many Lavals among your Galloway friends?" : wartime and post-war disputes between three "Fellow Travellers of the Right" -- "I wrote a very full and strong letter to the King" : two would-be negotiators -- "The internment of a person of her social standing might give the public a wrong impression" : the charmed lives of various "pillars of society" -- "His impetuous nature, obstinacy and flawed judgement" : a bull in a china shop -- "You know the Jew racket as well as I do" : the vagaries of the "back-to-the-landers" -- PART SIX: AFTERMATH -- "Change and decay in all around I see" : further post-war decline -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX: Rogues' Gallery
Control code
ocn946610547
Dimensions
21 cm.
Extent
xx, 358 pages
Isbn
9781138888968
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)946610547

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