This book examines the large and previously-neglected body of literature on Nazism that was produced in the years 1933-1939. Shifting attention away from high politics or appeasement, it reveals that a remarkably wide range of responses was available to the reading public. From sophisticated philosophical analyzes of Nazism to pro-Nazi apologies, the book shows how Nazism informed debates over culture and politics in Britain, and how before the war and the Holocaust made Nazism anathema it was often discussed in ways that seem surprising today.
Acknowledgements Introduction: Responding to Nazism, 1933-1939 PART I: EXPLANATIONS PRO AND CONTRA The Energy of Nihilism: Understanding the Appeal of Nazism Predicting War? The Place of War in Interpretations of Nazism, 1933-1939 The Quintessence of Nazism: The Third Reich and the Jews, 1933-1939 PART II: THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF THE BRITISH RIGHT The Reasons of the Intellectuals The British Far Right and the Back-to-the-Land Movement The English Array, the BUF and the Dilemmas of British Fascism Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
