Date Thesis Awarded
5-2012
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only
Degree Name
Bachelors of Arts (BA)
Department
History
Advisor
Kathrin Levitan
Committee Members
Frederick C. Corney
Kathrin Seidl-Gomez
Abstract
Major-General J. F. C. Fuller was among the most influential leaders of the British Union of Fascists during the latter part of the 1930s. My thesis explores Fuller's role in the British Fascist movement both as a political and military theorist and as a political activist and parliamentary candidate. Although Fuller's primary contribution to British fascism was his effort to moderate the BUF's violent image and ideology (hoping to transform the BUF into an institution consistent with what he conceived to be "British" values), he was nevertheless a virulent anti-Semite who was closely associated with some of the most extreme elements British pro-Nazi fringe. Fuller's role within the BUF was therefore ambiguous - while he was in some senses an important voice for moderation, he was at the same time one of the party's most extreme and committed ideologues.
Recommended Citation
Watson, Mason W., ""Not Italian or German, but British in Character": J. F. C. Fuller and the Fascist Movement in Britain" (2012). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 485.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/485
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Comments
Thesis is part of Honors ETD pilot project, 2008-2013. Migrated from Dspace in 2016.