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'
Summary
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 analyses the way in which the British left responded to this new challenge
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-236) and index