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The danger to British democracy in the interwar period came from a different source to that which has thus far been assumed. It came from a network of radical conservatives who challenged the political system and sought to replace it with an authoritarian corporate state. In this book, Bernhard Dietz provides the first systematic analysis of this network and its members, which are called Neo-Tories. With strong links to the European right, yet a minority back home, this group of British conservatives are all the more fascinating today because it is on their ultimate failure that the success of British democracy rested. ** Review Bernhard Dietz brings great clarity to the ways in which sections of the British Right echoed the "conservative revolution" experienced in continental Europe in seeking to create a "pure" Toryism. This deeply-researched book is not only of historical interest but contains an important message for our own uncertain times. * Dan Stone, Professor of Modoern History, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK * This is an important and deeply researched contribution to the historiography of Europe's interwar radical right. Bernhard Dietz powerfully demonstrates h

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Author

Bernhard Dietz

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic; Bloomsbury

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781474219778

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Science, Political Science