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Searching for Lord Haw-Haw : the political lives of William Joyce / Colin Holmes.

By: Holmes, Colin, 1938- [author.]Series: Routledge studies in fascism and the far right: Publisher: London : Routledge, 2016Description: xiv, 494 pages $: billustrations, portraitsContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138888845; 9781138888869Subject(s): Joyce, William, 1906-1946 | Defectors -- Great Britain -- Biography | Nazi propaganda -- Great Britain -- History | World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda | Radio in propaganda | Treason -- Great Britain | Propaganda, German -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Fascism -- Great Britain | Antisemitism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 920
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- PART ONE. IDENTITIES. Early life -- A new beginning -- PART TWO. IDEOLOGIES. Joyce and the British fascists -- Marching with Mosley -- Deeper into fascist politics -- The gods in conflict -- The National Socialist League -- Worshippers of Hitler -- Nazi Germany beckons -- PART THREE. SPEAKING. Another new life : a servant of the Third Reich -- A radio star -- The great gamble -- The beginning of the end -- History's loser -- Kameradschaft -- PART FOUR. CONNECTING. Joyce, Haw-Haw and British opinion 1939-1945 -- Berlin calling : calling Berlin -- PART FIVE. RETRIBUTION. The reckoning begins -- Joyce on trial -- The scent of death was in the air -- Last days in prison -- The treatment of renegades -- PART SIX. JUDGMENTS. Perspectives -- PART SEVEN. EPILOGUE. "Life" after death.
Summary: "Searching for Lord Haw-Haw is an authoritative account of the political lives of William Joyce. He became notorious as a fascist, an anti-Semite and then as a Second World War traitor when, assuming the persona of Lord Haw-Haw, he acted as a radio propagandist for the Nazis. It is an endlessly compelling story of simmering hope, intense frustration, renewed anticipation and ultimately catastrophic failure. This fully-referenced work is the first attempt to place Joyce at the centre of the turbulent, traumatic and influential events through which he lived. It challenges existing biographies, which have reflected not only Joyce's frequent calculated deceptions but also the suspect claims advanced by his family, friends and apologists. By exploring his rampant, increasingly influential narcissism it also offers a pioneering analysis of Joyce's personality and exposes its dangerous, destructive consequences. 'What a saga my life would make!' Joyce wrote from prison just before his execution. Few would disagree with him"-- Provided by publisher.
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Preface -- Introduction -- PART ONE. IDENTITIES. Early life -- A new beginning -- PART TWO. IDEOLOGIES. Joyce and the British fascists -- Marching with Mosley -- Deeper into fascist politics -- The gods in conflict -- The National Socialist League -- Worshippers of Hitler -- Nazi Germany beckons -- PART THREE. SPEAKING. Another new life : a servant of the Third Reich -- A radio star -- The great gamble -- The beginning of the end -- History's loser -- Kameradschaft -- PART FOUR. CONNECTING. Joyce, Haw-Haw and British opinion 1939-1945 -- Berlin calling : calling Berlin -- PART FIVE. RETRIBUTION. The reckoning begins -- Joyce on trial -- The scent of death was in the air -- Last days in prison -- The treatment of renegades -- PART SIX. JUDGMENTS. Perspectives -- PART SEVEN. EPILOGUE. "Life" after death.

"Searching for Lord Haw-Haw is an authoritative account of the political lives of William Joyce. He became notorious as a fascist, an anti-Semite and then as a Second World War traitor when, assuming the persona of Lord Haw-Haw, he acted as a radio propagandist for the Nazis. It is an endlessly compelling story of simmering hope, intense frustration, renewed anticipation and ultimately catastrophic failure. This fully-referenced work is the first attempt to place Joyce at the centre of the turbulent, traumatic and influential events through which he lived. It challenges existing biographies, which have reflected not only Joyce's frequent calculated deceptions but also the suspect claims advanced by his family, friends and apologists. By exploring his rampant, increasingly influential narcissism it also offers a pioneering analysis of Joyce's personality and exposes its dangerous, destructive consequences. 'What a saga my life would make!' Joyce wrote from prison just before his execution. Few would disagree with him"-- Provided by publisher.

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