Lord Haw-Haw & William Joyce

by J.A. Cole

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• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: B000VE3FLG
• Release Date: January 1965
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Thorough and revealing story of a unique character

World War II produced a wide variety of interesting characters and stories far from the battlefields. This is one of them. The author paints a complete picture, with a hint of bias. Joyce, a highly intelligent man, is nevertheless lacking in common sense ... or is he? The story, well-told, also gives the reader a chance to put the book down, close his eyes, and ponder. I was floored when near the end of the book (Chapter 32) I read Joyce's 16-point "dictionary of life" ... and found myself in near complete agreement. Insights into life in Germany during the War are also of interest.

Balanced study of chic rebel

This is a full and well-balanced biography of the life and times of William Joyce, the American-Irish-English-German adventurer and fascist.Joyce is sometimes called "Lord Haw-Haw," a nickname he acquired early in the Second World War when he began to broadcast witty taunts on behalf of the German propaganda ministry. He reminded listeners of the original Lord Haw-Haw, an English traitor of the 1914-1918 War. Perhaps the best-known treatment of Joyce's story is the essay Rebecca West wrote about him in The New Yorker in 1946, and later published as The Meaning of Treason. West's Joyce was a contemptible cartoon, a strutting, diminutive loser. Cole shows a more appealing soul--a scholarly fellow with wit and personal charm.