A British fascist in the Second World War : the Italian war diary of James Strachey Barnes, 1943-45 / edited by Claudia Baldoli with Brendan Fleming.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barnes, James Strachey, 1890- author.

Contributor:

Baldoli, Claudia, editor.

Fleming, Brendan, editor.

Series:

Modern history of politics and violence

A modern history of politics and violence

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barnes, James Strachey, 1890---Diaries.

Barnes, James Strachey.

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

Barnes, James Strachey, 1890-.

Fascists--Great Britain--Diaries.

Fascists.

British--Italy--Diaries.

British.

Fascists--Italy--Diaries.

Fascism--Europe--History--20th century.

Fascism.

History.

Political and social views.

Europe.

Fascism--Great Britain--History--20th century.

World War, 1939-1945--Italy.

World War, 1939-1945.

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

Italy--History--1914-1945.

Italy.

Social aspects.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Diaries.

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 246 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014.

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 Previously unpublished, the diary is a significant source for all students of the Second World War and the history of European and British fascism.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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Note to the Diary

Introduction

Diary 1943

Diary 1944

Diary 1945

List of primary sources consulted.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472510426

1472510429

9781472505798

1472505794

OCLC:

858353240