General Information

Author/Creator

Barnes, James Strachey, 1890-1955.

Language

English.

Published

London : Bloomsbury, 2014.

Physical Description

viii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Contributors

Contributor

Baldoli, Claudia, 1970-

Fleming, Brendan.

Contents/Summary

Summary

"A British Fascist in the Second World War presents the edited diary of the British fascist Italophile James Strachey Barnes. Previously unpublished, the diary is a significant source for all students of the Second World War and the history of European and British fascism. The diary covers the period from the fall of Mussolini in 1943 to the end of the war in 1945, two years in which the British Fascist Italophile Major James Strachey Barnes lived in Italy as a 'traitor'. Like William Joyce in Germany, he was involved in propaganda activity directed at Britain, the country of which he was formally a citizen. Brought up by upper-class English grandparents who had retired to Tuscany, he chose Italy as his own country and, in 1940, applied for Italian citizenship. By then, Barnes had become a well-known fascist writer. His diary is an extraordinary source written during the dramatic events of the Italian campaign. It reveals how events in Italy gradually affected his ideas about fascism, Italy, civilisation and religion. It tells much about Italian society under the strain of war and Allied bombing, and about the behaviour of both prominent fascist leaders and ordinary Italians. Complete here with a scholarly introduction and an extensive bibliography and sources section, the diary is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in learning more about the ideological complexities of the Second World War and fascism in twentieth-century Europe"--from the publisher

Subjects

Subject

Barnes, James Strachey, 1890-1955, > Diaries.

Barnes, James Strachey, 1890-1955, > Political and social views.

Fascists > Great Britain > Diaries.

British > Italy > Diaries.

Fascists > Italy > Diaries.

Fascism > Europe > History > 20th century.

Fascism > Great Britain > History > 20th century.

World War, 1939-1945 > Italy.

World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > Italy.

Italy > History > 1914-1945.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

edited by Claudia Baldoli and Brendan Fleming.

Content

Note to the Diary -- Introduction -- Diary 1943 -- Diary 1944 -- Diary 1945 -- List of primary sources consulted.

Library Special Collection

The Roger Griffin ComFas Collection

ISBN

9781472510426

9781472505798

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	940.53/45092 BAR		General Stacks	-

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