The Fascist Party in Wales?

Plaid Cymru, Welsh Nationalism and the Accusation of Fascism

By (author) Richard Wyn Jones

Publication date:

15 May 2014

Length of book:

144 pages

Publisher

University of Wales Press

Dimensions:

216x138mm

ISBN-13: 9781783160563

For decades, otherwise highly respected figures in Welsh life have repeatedly claimed that Welsh nationalists sympathised with Fascism during the dark days of the 1930s and the Second World War. In this path-breaking book, Wales's leading political commentator assesses the truth of these charges. In addition to shedding new light on the attitudes of Plaid Cymru and its leadership during the period in question, this book offers an insightful and challenging interpretation of the nature Welsh political culture.