Haters, Baiters and Would-Be Dictators. Anti-Semitism and the UK Far-Right

Anti-Semitism has been a persistent feature of far-right movements in the UK. In this groundbreaking study, acclaimed author Nick Toczek, traces the history of anti-Jewish prejudice from its origins within the Britons society through the fascist groups of the 1930s to its post war manifestations in the British Movement and other extreme-right organisations. The book profiles many of the most strident activists and extremists including the influential Henry Hamilton Beamish, the founder of the Britons, Arnold Leese, Leader of the Imperial Fascist League and Colin Jordan, the ‘Godfather of post-war Nazism’.

Drawing on his large personal collection of sources from the period, Toczek examines how these British apostles of bigotry succeeded in spreading hatred of Jews and lending it a facade of pseudo-factual, historic, academic and cultural legitimacy. This book is essential reading for students and scholars of British politics, Jewish studies, anti-Semitism and the far-right.

Contents:
1. The life of Henry Hamilton Beamish
2. Arnold White and the British Brothers League
3. The Britons Society and its journals: 1919-1939 4. The Britons during the Forties
5. The Britons Publishing Co. throughout the Fifties
6. The Britons Publishing Company: The Sixties and Seventies
7. Arnold Leese and the Britons
8. Colin Jordan and the Britons
9. The Protocols: origins, circulation and influence
10. Henry Ford and the Protocols
11. Early books and pamphlets by the Britons
12. Overseas Networking by the Britons
13. The legacy of Henry Hamilton Beamish and the Britons
+ Appendix One – Precursors of the Britons: 1900-1919
+ Appendix Two – Peer Groups of the Briton: 1920-1939
+ Appendix Three – Some Independent Right-Wing British Journals
+ Appendix Four – Leading Members of the Britons
+ Appendix Five – The Draft Constitution of the Britons as drawn up by Henry Hamilton Beamish
+ Appendix Six – List of Publications of the Britons
+ Appendix Seven – The Family Tree of Henry Hamilton Beamish
+ Appendix Eight – Addresses of the Britons Index