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

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Holmes, Colin
Format: Printed Book
Published: New York: Routledge, 2016.
Series:Routledge studies in fascism and the far right
Subjects:
Joyce, William, 1906-1946-Biography.
Defectors-Great Britain-Biography.
Nazi propaganda-Great Britain-History.
Treason-Great Britain.
Online Access:https://www.amazon.com/Searching-Lord-Haw-Haw-Political-Routledge/dp/1138888869#reader_1138888869
Table of 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.

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