1st Edition

A.K. Chesterton and the Evolution of Britain’s Extreme Right, 1933-1973

By Luke LeCras Copyright 2020
180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

Arthur Kenneth (A.K.) Chesterton was a soldier, journalist and activist whose involvement with fascist and extreme right-wing politics in Britain spanned four decades. Beginning with his recruitment to Oswald Mosley’s ‘Blackshirts’ in the 1930s, Chesterton’s ideological relationship with fascism, nationalism and anti-Semitism would persist far beyond the collapse of the interwar movements,... Read more

Introduction

1. Born in War
    Life before Politics, 1899-1933

2. The Blackshirt Life
     The British Union of Fascists, 1933-1938

3. My Country Right and Wrong
     Fascism after Mosley, 1938-1939

4. Drawing Room Fascism
     The After-Victory Group, 1943, 1946

4. Sound the Alarm
     Candour and the League of Empire Loyalists, 1953-1967

5. Forward to Extremists
     The National Front, 1967-1973

6. What is Behind it all?
     Racism, anti-Semitism and conspiracy after 1945

Biography

Luke LeCras holds a doctorate in history from Murdoch University in Western Australia, where he has taught undergraduate courses in global and modern European history. His research interests include fascism and right-wing extremism, nationalism and populism in contemporary British politics.