Oswald Mosley and the New Party: Sir Oswald Mosley and the New Party - Couverture rigide

Worley, Matthew

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0230206972 ISBN 13 : 9780230206977

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

Synopsis

Book by Worley Matthew

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In 1931, as Britain's economy sunk further into depression, Sir Oswald Mosley made a fateful decision. Having served in Ramsay MacDonald's minority Labour government, he chose to secede from the Labour Party and launch a new political initiative. This was the New Party, inspired by the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes and the emergent modern movements on the continent. Though ultimately a spectacular failure, the New Party burned brightly if briefly. It helped pave the way for a wider debate on the possibilities of economic planning; it simultaneously led Mosley into the realm of fascism. Throughout this process, Mosley sought counsel from many of the period's most well-known personalities. As Mosley searched to find a solution to Britain's economic ails, he drew inspiration from the likes of George Bernard Shaw and H. G. Wells; he looked to secure the backing of Lord Beaverbrook and Lord Rothermere; he endeavoured to strike political deals with Winston Churchill and Lloyd George whilst also hoping to draw on the support of young, radical politicians such as Aneurin Bevan, John Strachey and Bo Boothby. In the event, the New Party's appeal proved ephemeral. Nevertheless, its brief history proved integral to Mosley's adoption of the blackshirt. It was in the New Party that British fascism was formed in embryo; it was in the New Party that Mosley raised the slogan of a corporate state and struggled to conceive a new form of politics that transcended the perceived limits of parliamentary democracy.

Biographie de l'auteur :

MATTHEW WORLEY  is a Reader in History at the University of Reading, UK. He has published several books and articles relating to interwar British political history and communist history. He is currently co-editor of Twentieth Century Communism.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0230206972
• ISBN 13: 9780230206977
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 234