{"product_id":"blackshirts-in-geordieland-gordon-stridiron-9781913176013","title":"Blackshirts in Geordieland","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo region of Great Britain suffered more in the 'Hungry Thirties' than Tyneside and the North-East. When the Labour and Coalition Governments failed to stem the tide of unemployment, Geordies began to look elsewhere - to the Communist Party, Independent Labour Party and not least the British Union of Fascists led by Sir Oswald Mosley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the next eight years, these contenders for political power fought a bitter ideological battle on the streets of Newcastle, Sunderland, Gateshead, Durham, Stockton and elsewhere. The full story of this period of the North-East's past has remained untold - something that local historian Gordon Stridiron has now remedied following a study of primary sources never before undertaken on the same scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMosley's 'Blackshirts in Geordieland' emerge not as the political thugs and would-be Quislings of stereotypical image. Instead, the reader discovers a group of patriotic idealists - against communism, against capitalism and against war - who whether right or wrong had the courage to face hostility and physical attack to make their message heard: 'The War on Want is the War we Want \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gordon Stridiron\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913176010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913176013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sanctuary Press Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d","brand":"Gordon Stridiron","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937459470591,"sku":"9781913176013","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ff789eec-06fc-4e9a-bca8-d280be9c444f.jpg?v=1681430195","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blackshirts-in-geordieland-gordon-stridiron-9781913176013","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}