Total Disarmament, Or, An International Police Force

[RUSSELL, Hastings William Sackville], THE DUKE OF BEDFORD

Verlag: The Strickland Press, Glasgow, 1948

Beschreibung

Original, saddle-stapled, tan wrappers printed in black; 20, [4] pp. (includes covers). The Duke of Bedford, previously Lord Tavistock, was a noted ornithologist and naturalist who became an ardent supporter of Social Credit. His economic reformist tendencies informed his pacifism, which is the subject of this pamphlet. In 1939 he became a founding member of the British People's Party, a Social Credit-influenced, anti-war group, which included prominent ex-members of the British Union of Fascists. He went to great lengths to negotiate for peace with Germany during the war and never renounced his pro-German tendencies. He died in 1953 at age 64 of a disputed self-inflicted gunshot wound. Bizarrely, his pamphlets were published by The Strickland Press, founded by the British anarchist-communist, Guy Aldred (1886-1963), who received posthumous patronage from the eccentric 'anarchist baronet', Sir William Strickland (1851-1938). Anti-war efforts certainly made strange bedfellows. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 02300

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Titel: Total Disarmament, Or, An International ...

Verlag: The Strickland Press, Glasgow

Erscheinungsdatum: 1948

Einband: Softcover

Auflage: First edition.