Tilles has taken our breath away with a thoroughly researched investigation that challenges much received wisdom concerning this most sensitive subject. Using new material as well as reinterpreting well-thumbed existing accounts, he offers us a provocative but at the same time compelling re-telling of the narrative.

Geoffrey Alderman, University of Buckingham, UK

Daniel Tilles has produced the most detailed and nuanced account of the British Union of Fascists' antisemitism and Jewish responses to it. Utilising new sources and re-assessing old ones, he provides a thought-provoking analysis of the nature of BUF antisemitism, including that of its leader, Oswald Mosley. Tilles also shows the complex and, he argues, successful Jewish actions against the vile attacks of Britain's largest fascist movement during the 1930s.

Tony Kushner, Director of the Parkes Institute, University of Southampton, UK

This book brings a breath of fresh air to the study of the British Union of Fascists and of Jewish responses to the threat it posed. In clear, forceful prose, Daniel Tilles demolishes two long-standing interpretations: that the BUF embraced antisemitism belatedly and only after Jews disrupted their meetings, and that the response of the Jewish communal elite was timid by comparison with the militant response of Jewish workers and Communists. His argument, which draws in large part on hitherto unavailable archival materials, is compelling and has far reaching implications.

Todd Endelman, Professor Emeritus of History and Judaic Studies, University of Michigan, USA

Painstakingly-researched addition to this field.

David Renton, Garden Court Chambers, London, Cercles