In the Shadow of the Dictators

Paul Corthorn presents an illuminating, in-depth study of the British Left''s response to the rise of international fascism in the 1930s. He uses a range of newly available archival sources to analyse how the Labour left - which took the form of the Socialist League between 1932 and 1937 - and the Independent Labour Party reacted to developments such as Mussolini''s invasion of Abyssinia, Franco''...