Mosley and British Politics 1918-32: Oswald's Odyssey - Paperback

by D. Howell (Author)

Oswald Mosley has been reviled as a fascist and lamented as the lost leader of both Conservative and Labour Parties. Concerned to articulate the demands of the war generation and to pursue an agenda for economic and political modernization his ultimate rejection of existing institutions and practices led him to fascism.

Author Biography

David Howell is Professor Emeritus of Politics at the University of York, UK. He has published extensively on the history and politics of the labour movement. His works include MacDonald's Party Labour Identities and Crisis 1922-1931. He is an editor of the Dictionary of Labour Biography.