Oswald Mosley and the New Party

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Introduction Failures: The New Party in History

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   Pages 1-13

3. Here are the Young Men: The New Party in Context

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   Pages 14-32

4. From Reform to Revolution: New Party Policy

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   Pages 33-49

5. Visions of the Near Future: New Party Ideology

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   Pages 50-66

6. A Party of a New Type? New Party Organisation

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   Pages 67-83

7. London Calling: Journeys Through and Around the New Party

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   Pages 84-106

8. Going Into Battle: The New Party and Public Politics

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   Pages 107-124

9. Outside the Gate: Alternative Routes to Power

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   Pages 125-140

10. Leaders of Men: Masculinity and the Promise of a New Life

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    Pages 141-151

11. Hurrah for the Greyshirts: The New Party and Fascism

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    Pages 152-163

12. Conclusion A Life of Contradiction: Mosley and the New Party

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    Pages 164-170

13. Back Matter

    Pages 171-234

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This is the first full-length study of the organization that incubated Britain's most provocative and successful fascist movement. Exploring Sir Oswald Mosley's secession from Labour, his evolving politics and his eventual embrace of fascism, this book examines the process by which he transformed from Labour politician to fascist.

• Britain
• fascism
• history
• politics
• reform
• revolution

'Worley's book, which is the first detailed study of the New Party, is to be welcomed. It is important to show the danger that frustation with democratic systems can so easily lead to authoritarianism and militarism.' - Duncan Bowie, Chartist: For Democratic Socialism

'Matthew Worley's reconstruction of Oswald Mosley's New Party is a welcome addition to the historiography on inter-war British politics. Until now, no historian has studied the New Party on its own terms in this detail. The book is well written and it will appeal to undergraduate students because it serves as a good introduction to the fractious political culture that shaped the 1931 political crisis. But political historians should also read the book. Worley adds new flesh to the bones of a familiar story and he has used his intimate knowledge of the New Party to explore broader historical debates about the importance of 'generations' in this period and the relationship between fascism and modernism.' - Gary Love, Twentieth Century British History

• University of Reading, UK

  Matthew Worley

Matthew Worley is Professor of Modern History at the University of Reading.

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