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A British Fascist in the Second World War: The Italian War Diary of James Strachey Barnes, 1943-45
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Paperback. Editor(s): Baldoli, Claudia; Fleming, Brendan. Series: A Modern History of Politics and Violence. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
A British Fascist in the Second World War presents the edited diary of the British fascist Italophile, James Strachey Barnes. Previously unpublished, the diary is a significant source for all students of the Second World War and the history of European and British fascism. The diary covers the period from the fall of Mussolini in 1943 to the end of the war in 1945, two years in which British fascist Major James Strachey Barnes lived in Italy as a 'traitor'. Like William Joyce in Germany, he was involved in propaganda activity directed at Britain, the country of which he ... Read more
A British Fascist in the Second World War presents the edited diary of the British fascist Italophile, James Strachey Barnes. Previously unpublished, the diary is a significant source for all students of the Second World War and the history of European and British fascism. The diary covers the period from the fall of Mussolini in 1943 to the end of the war in 1945, two years in which British fascist Major James Strachey Barnes lived in Italy as a 'traitor'. Like William Joyce in Germany, he was involved in propaganda activity directed at Britain, the country of which he ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
A Modern History of Politics and Violence
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472510426
SKU
V9781472510426
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Claudia Baldoli is Senior Lecturer in European History at Newcastle University, UK. She is the author of Exporting Fascism: Italian Fascists and Britain’s Italians in the 1930s (2003) and A History of Italy (2009). She is also the co-editor, along with Andrew Knapp, of Forgotten Blitzes: France and Italy under Allied Air Attack, 1940-1945 (2012). Brendan Fleming is Honorary ... Read more
Reviews for A British Fascist in the Second World War: The Italian War Diary of James Strachey Barnes, 1943-45
A British Fascist in the Second World War casts new light on a relevant point in history that is generally neglected: the English supporters of Italian Fascism, who, after 1940, became traitors and quislings. This important document, carefully and scholarly edited, shows how World War Two may be considered as a World Civil War, fought by dedicated idealists.
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