Oswald Mosley
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A landmark political biography, Oswald Mosley chronicles the extraordinary and deeply controversial life of Sir Oswald Mosley, one of the most gifted yet destructive politicians in twentieth-century British history. Robert Skidelsky presents a rigorous and unflinching account of Mosley's trajectory from promising Labour cabinet minister to the founding leader of the British Union of Fascists, dissecting the ideological convulsions and personal ambitions that drove his downfall. Drawing on extensive research, Skidelsky argues that Mosley was a genuinely radical thinker whose economic ideas anticipated Keynesianism, yet whose fatal embrace of fascism consigned him to historical infamy. The biography illustrates how a single figure can embody both the best and worst impulses of an era, capturing the turbulent political landscape of interwar Britain with scholarly precision and narrative force.
Author: Robert Skidelsky
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact. No stickers or labels visible.
A landmark political biography, Oswald Mosley chronicles the extraordinary and deeply controversial life of Sir Oswald Mosley, one of the most gifted yet destructive politicians in twentieth-century British history. Robert Skidelsky presents a rigorous and unflinching account of Mosley's trajectory from promising Labour cabinet minister to the founding leader of the British Union of Fascists, dissecting the ideological convulsions and personal ambitions that drove his downfall. Drawing on extensive research, Skidelsky argues that Mosley was a genuinely radical thinker whose economic ideas anticipated Keynesianism, yet whose fatal embrace of fascism consigned him to historical infamy. The biography illustrates how a single figure can embody both the best and worst impulses of an era, capturing the turbulent political landscape of interwar Britain with scholarly precision and narrative force.