The Politics of Betrayal: Renegades and Ex-Radicals from Mussolini to Christopher Hitchens

by Ashley Lavelle

The radical who becomes a conservative is a common theme in political history. Benito Mussolini, the Italian socialist who became a fascist, is the best-known example, but there have been many others, including the numerous American Trotskyists and Marxists who later became neo-conservatives, anti-communists or, in some instances, McCarthyists.

The politics of betrayal examines why several one-time radicals subsequently became part of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 071908816X
• ISBN13: 9780719088162
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"