{"product_id":"failed-fuhrers-9780415627290","title":"Failed Führers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a comprehensive history of the ideas and ideologues associated with the racial fascist tradition in Britain. It charts the evolution of the British extreme right from its post-war genesis after 1918 to its present-day incarnations, and details the ideological and strategic evolution of British fascism through the prism of its principal leaders and the movements with which they were associated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking a collective biographical approach, the book focuses on the political careers of six principal ideologues and leaders, Arnold Leese (18781956); Sir Oswald Mosley (18961980); A.K. Chesterton (18991973); Colin Jordan (19232009); John Tyndall (19342005); and Nick Griffin (1959), in order to study the evolution of the racial ideology of British fascism, from overtly biological conceptions of white supremacy' through racial nationalism' and latterly to cultural' arguments regarding ethno-nationalism'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on extensive archival research and often obscure pri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'This is an original, deeply researched and very readable book by the leading scholar of British fascism. It makes an extremely valuable contribution to our understanding of the British fascist tradition.'\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eProfessor Roger Eatwell, University of Bath, UK\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'By introducing a biographical approach to reveal the diversity of the visions of national rebirth adopted by six British fascists over nearly a century, Graham Macklin puts welcome flesh on the abstract formula and abstruse generalisations that have too often plagued fascist studies in the past, and simultaneously reveals the transnational nature of the fascist project in the minds of its most ardent believers. Hopefully, Macklin’s impressively researched and thoughtful biographical study will inspire a new genre of fascist studies.'\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eProfessor Roger Griffin, Oxford Brookes University, UK.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'\u003cem\u003eFailed Führers \u003c\/em\u003eoffers us something remarkable, a synoptic overview of the British far right firmly rooted in the granular detail of narrative biography. A maestro of British archives, Macklin brilliantly illuminates the shady saga of a rogues gallery of fanatics from Arnold Leese and Oswald Mosley to Colin Jordan and Nick Griffin. \u003ci\u003eFailed Führers \u003c\/i\u003eis a must read for anyone concerned about fascism, past, present, . . . and future?'\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eKevin Coogan, author of Dreamer of the Day: Francis Parker Yockey and the Postwar Fascist International\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This is a readable and well-researched book from one of the leading scholars of British fascism. Dr Macklin’s thesis centres on six meticulous case studies of leading British fascists, usefully setting their stories in a wider international context. With neo-fascism and the authoritarian and exclusionist populist right on the rise across the globe, this is an engaging and timely reminder to keep our eyes on the past, in order to better understand the unstable present.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e— \u003cem\u003eDr David Baker, Warwick University, UK (Retired)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"With spectacular archival depth, \u003cem\u003eFailed Führers\u003c\/em\u003e convincingly shows how continuities in far right ideologies and movements are constructed and sustained as each generation’s ideologues are shaped by trajectories of influence from key mentors to emergent proteges. A brilliant intervention into understandings of the historical and contemporary extreme right.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e— \u003cem\u003eCynthia Miller-Idriss, American University, USA\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eFailed Fuhrers\u003c\/em\u003e provides an important and timely contribution for historians, social scientists, and the general public by offering a comprehensive account of the historical evolution of the far right in Britain. His account is layered and nuanced reflecting a deep understanding of the topic. Macklin’s manuscript is an important accomplishment and I highly recommend this book for anyone serious about understanding the far right.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e— \u003cem\u003ePeter Simi, Chapman University, USA\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The history of British fascism is a history of failure. In a new book, \u003cem\u003eFailed Führers\u003c\/em\u003e, the historian Graham Macklin retells that story through biographies of six fascist leaders. British fascism is a story as much of continuity as of change – an ever-present obsession with racial purity, venomous antisemitism and the undertow of violence. It is also, for all the political irrelevance of British fascists, a story whose lessons are worth pondering.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eKenan Malik\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This book recounts the lives and work of six of Britain’s most important fascists, from Arnold Leese in the 1920s to Nick Griffin, and through their lives, tells the story of fascism in Britain. Macklin is an academic, but he writes clearly and simply. His method is not to make judgments, but to report what is said and done and let the facts speak for themselves, which they do.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eFrancis Beckett, The Spectator\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This is always going to be my generation's 'big book' on British fascism. \u003cem\u003eFailed Führers \u003c\/em\u003edeserves to be presented to students as the new standard study of British fascism. This is a superbly researched book and an important one. No-one is going to surpass Macklin's treatment of these six leaders.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eDavid Renton,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eauthor of Fascism and The New Authoritarians.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eThe story of the British extreme right, as told in \u003cem\u003eFailed Führers\u003c\/em\u003e, is, as the title suggests, one of perpetual disappointment, only lightened by occasional, fleeting moments of comparative success....\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMacklin’s study is the product of exhaustive research. He has a light touch, however, and often gives, by a simple acerbic remark, a sign of the distance he keeps between himself and his subject.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cem\u003eRichard Griffiths\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Critic.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Macklin’s \u003cem\u003eFailed Führers\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading for any student of British fascism...Macklin’s work explores the peaks and valleys in a well-referenced work that is unlikely to be matched in terms of research and detail anytime soon. It is a highly recommended benchmark study for anyone interested in British fascism.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eRyan Schaffer\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTerrorism \u0026amp; Political Violence\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"All in all, this is a superbly executed study. Macklin has more than fulfilled his promise to illuminate the ideological and strategic evolution of Britain’s fascist tradition, and has also skilfully utilised a transnational lens with which to open up new areas for future scholarship....The book will speedily take its place as a ‘classic’ and must-read study in the main historiography on the topic of Britain’s extreme right, and deservedly so.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eSteve Woodbridge, Kingston University.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Graham Macklin’s \u003cem\u003eFailed Führers\u003c\/em\u003e is a major new study of the British fascist movement, and will likely be the central reference point for scholars of that movement for the foreseeable future.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eSpencer Sunshine, Three Way Fight.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Macklin has produced an expansive history of fascism in Britain, which demonstrates a breadth of archival research that must have taken many years to undertake. The extensive endnotes for each chapter will surely make other researchers envious. \u003cem\u003eFailed Führers\u003c\/em\u003e provides the most in-depth and far-reaching history of fascism in post-war Britain since Richard Thurlow’s book, which was last published 20 years ago.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eEvan Smith, New Historical Express\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The definitive book on British fascist leaders...each chapter offers a well-crafted, expert and extensively referenced analysis of a key figure in British fascism....For any serious academic working in this area, this is certainly essential reading.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003ePaul Jackson, Searchlight\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Containing new material on nearly every one of its subjects and featuring some of the first substantial biographical studies of others, this is as near to an encyclopaedia of the British extreme right as has yet been written. There is little doubt that \u003cem\u003eFailed Führers\u003c\/em\u003e will become a key reference book for scholars researching in this area for years to come.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eLiam Liburd, Twentieth Century British History\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A monumental new study of British fascism that commands respect across diverse levels: for its sheer archival stamina, its firm grasp of both overview and detail and – not least – for its sheer readability and accessibility....Unlike its subjects, \u003cem\u003eFailed Führers\u003c\/em\u003e succeeds triumphantly.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eTim Wilson, Irish Political Studies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A major tour de force...Each of these chapters is a thorough biography of the political activities of these respective ‘failed Führers’, copiously referenced after each chapter by a plenitude of endnotes, both substantive ones and mere references.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChristopher Husbands, Ethnic and Racial Studies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'This is an original, deeply researched and very readable book by the leading scholar of British fascism. It makes an extremely valuable contribution to our understanding of the British fascist tradition.'\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eProfessor Roger Eatwell, University of Bath, UK\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'By introducing a biographical approach to reveal the diversity of the visions of national rebirth adopted by six British fascists over nearly a century, Graham Macklin puts welcome flesh on the abstract formula and abstruse generalisations that have too often plagued fascist studies in the past, and simultaneously reveals the transnational nature of the fascist project in the minds of its most ardent believers. Hopefully, Macklin’s impressively researched and thoughtful biographical study will inspire a new genre of fascist studies.'\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eProfessor Roger Griffin, Oxford Brookes University, UK.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'\u003cem\u003eFailed Führers \u003c\/em\u003eoffers us something remarkable, a synoptic overview of the British far right firmly rooted in the granular detail of narrative biography. A maestro of British archives, Macklin brilliantly illuminates the shady saga of a rogues gallery of fanatics from Arnold Leese and Oswald Mosley to Colin Jordan and Nick Griffin. \u003ci\u003eFailed Führers \u003c\/i\u003eis a must read for anyone concerned about fascism, past, present, . . . and future?'\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eKevin Coogan, author of Dreamer of the Day: Francis Parker Yockey and the Postwar Fascist International\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This is a readable and well-researched book from one of the leading scholars of British fascism. Dr Macklin’s thesis centres on six meticulous case studies of leading British fascists, usefully setting their stories in a wider international context. With neo-fascism and the authoritarian and exclusionist populist right on the rise across the globe, this is an engaging and timely reminder to keep our eyes on the past, in order to better understand the unstable present.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e— \u003cem\u003eDr David Baker, Warwick University, UK (Retired)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Failed Führers is rigorously researched and built on archival materials that allow for more than a retelling of a familiar story. Macklin has presented an important contribution to our knowledge and understanding. The life stories reveal how resilient ideas (and prejudices) can be, passing through time and people to recur and resurface at particular historical junctures.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e— \u003cem\u003eMatthew Worley, Journal of Modern History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"With spectacular archival depth, \u003cem\u003eFailed Führers\u003c\/em\u003e convincingly shows how continuities in far right ideologies and movements are constructed and sustained as each generation’s ideologues are shaped by trajectories of influence from key mentors to emergent proteges. A brilliant intervention into understandings of the historical and contemporary extreme right.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e— \u003cem\u003eCynthia Miller-Idriss, American University, USA\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eFailed Fuhrers\u003c\/em\u003e provides an important and timely contribution for historians, social scientists, and the general public by offering a comprehensive account of the historical evolution of the far right in Britain. His account is layered and nuanced reflecting a deep understanding of the topic. Macklin’s manuscript is an important accomplishment and I highly recommend this book for anyone serious about understanding the far right.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e— \u003cem\u003ePeter Simi, Chapman University, USA\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The history of British fascism is a history of failure. In a new book, \u003cem\u003eFailed Führers\u003c\/em\u003e, the historian Graham Macklin retells that story through biographies of six fascist leaders. British fascism is a story as much of continuity as of change – an ever-present obsession with racial purity, venomous antisemitism and the undertow of violence. It is also, for all the political irrelevance of British fascists, a story whose lessons are worth pondering.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eKenan Malik\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This book recounts the lives and work of six of Britain’s most important fascists, from Arnold Leese in the 1920s to Nick Griffin, and through their lives, tells the story of fascism in Britain. Macklin is an academic, but he writes clearly and simply. His method is not to make judgments, but to report what is said and done and let the facts speak for themselves, which they do.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eFrancis Beckett, The Spectator\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This is always going to be my generation's 'big book' on British fascism. \u003cem\u003eFailed Führers \u003c\/em\u003edeserves to be presented to students as the new standard study of British fascism. This is a superbly researched book and an important one. No-one is going to surpass Macklin's treatment of these six leaders.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eDavid Renton,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eauthor of Fascism and The New Authoritarians.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eThe story of the British extreme right, as told in \u003cem\u003eFailed Führers\u003c\/em\u003e, is, as the title suggests, one of perpetual disappointment, only lightened by occasional, fleeting moments of comparative success....\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMacklin’s study is the product of exhaustive research. He has a light touch, however, and often gives, by a simple acerbic remark, a sign of the distance he keeps between himself and his subject.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cem\u003eRichard Griffiths\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Critic.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Macklin’s \u003cem\u003eFailed Führers\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading for any student of British fascism...Macklin’s work explores the peaks and valleys in a well-referenced work that is unlikely to be matched in terms of research and detail anytime soon. It is a highly recommended benchmark study for anyone interested in British fascism.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eRyan Schaffer\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTerrorism \u0026amp; Political Violence\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"All in all, this is a superbly executed study. Macklin has more than fulfilled his promise to illuminate the ideological and strategic evolution of Britain’s fascist tradition, and has also skilfully utilised a transnational lens with which to open up new areas for future scholarship....The book will speedily take its place as a ‘classic’ and must-read study in the main historiography on the topic of Britain’s extreme right, and deservedly so.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eSteve Woodbridge, Kingston University.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Graham Macklin’s \u003cem\u003eFailed Führers\u003c\/em\u003e is a major new study of the British fascist movement, and will likely be the central reference point for scholars of that movement for the foreseeable future.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eSpencer Sunshine, Three Way Fight.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Macklin has produced an expansive history of fascism in Britain, which demonstrates a breadth of archival research that must have taken many years to undertake. The extensive endnotes for each chapter will surely make other researchers envious. \u003cem\u003eFailed Führers\u003c\/em\u003e provides the most in-depth and far-reaching history of fascism in post-war Britain since Richard Thurlow’s book, which was last published 20 years ago.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eEvan Smith, New Historical Express\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The definitive book on British fascist leaders...each chapter offers a well-crafted, expert and extensively referenced analysis of a key figure in British fascism....For any serious academic working in this area, this is certainly essential reading.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003ePaul Jackson, Searchlight\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Containing new material on nearly every one of its subjects and featuring some of the first substantial biographical studies of others, this is as near to an encyclopaedia of the British extreme right as has yet been written. There is little doubt that \u003cem\u003eFailed Führers\u003c\/em\u003e will become a key reference book for scholars researching in this area for years to come.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eLiam Liburd, Twentieth Century British History\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A monumental new study of British fascism that commands respect across diverse levels: for its sheer archival stamina, its firm grasp of both overview and detail and – not least – for its sheer readability and accessibility....Unlike its subjects, \u003cem\u003eFailed Führers\u003c\/em\u003e succeeds triumphantly.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eTim Wilson, Irish Political Studies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A major tour de force...Each of these chapters is a thorough biography of the political activities of these respective ‘failed Führers’, copiously referenced after each chapter by a plenitude of endnotes, both substantive ones and mere references.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChristopher Husbands, Ethnic and Racial Studies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This is a book to read and then to keep for reference. His chronicling of the British Far Right is detailed, thorough and insightful and certainly this reader learned a lot....A tremendous achievement that everyone interested in British Fascism needs to read.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eJohn Newsinger, Lobster Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eFailed Führers\u003c\/em\u003e is rigorously researched and built on archival materials that allow for more than a retelling of a familiar story. There is real depth and detail here.....Macklin has combed the archives and sourced a dizzying array of obscure publications to combine personal and political biography into a rich narrative....Macklin has presented an important contribution to our knowledge and understanding.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eMatthew Worley, Journal of Modern History.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eFailed Führers\u003c\/em\u003e is a formidably well-researched and written, detailed analysis that will become one of the key texts for students of political extremism.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eDaniel Renshaw, Contemporary British History\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Graham Macklin has written a massive book, a veritable doorstopper, which runs to almost 600 pages. Nearly twenty per cent of which consists of footnotes.....\u003cem\u003eFailed Fuhrers has\u003c\/em\u003e been years in the making and I doubt anyone else will have the energy, interest, and stomach to climb this vast ziggurat of often turgid and frequently offensive materials.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eColin Holmes, Immigrants and Minorities\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1. Arnold Leese: The ‘anti-jewish’ camel doctor 2. Oswald Mosley: From ‘Britain First’ to ‘Europe-a-Nation’ 3. A. K. Chesterton: From ‘Fascist Revolutionary’ to ‘Jew-wise’ conspiracy theorist 4. Colin Jordan: Dreaming of the Nazi ‘Vanguard’ 5. John Tyndall: In pursuit of the ‘Anglo-Saxon Reich’ 6. Nick Griffin: From the ‘Third Position’ to anti-Muslim ‘populism’... and back again Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767523344727,"sku":"9780415627290","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415627290.jpg?v=1758713639","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/failed-fuhrers-9780415627290","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}