In Excited Times: The People Against The Blackshirts - Nigel Todd

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An excellent book about the fight against Oswald Mosley's fascists in the North East of England in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Contents

About this book
Jurassic Fascism
Offending against common decency
Appendix: The politics of anti-fascism - a guide
The Friends of Berlin
Storm Centre
The female touch
Appendix: Writers for Liberty
Turning point: The Anti-Fascist League
A message from "Box 500"
Sir Oswald on the run
Famous for fifteen minutes
Lord Haw Haw
From Boston to Madrid
A knock at the door
Aftermath
References
Index

Attachments

in-excited-times.pdf (23.22 MB)

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