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Diana Mosley and the Other Side of World War 2
To give you an idea of how politically persuasive this book is, I loaned it to a gentleman who served as a ground mechanic for the RAF throughout the Battle of Britain, a long time admirer of Winston Churchill. After he had carefully read every page he said: "It's a good read. There's just one question I have, though: How could the British government have put a lady like that in prison during the war, and with her baby?" The man who said this was my father. And I replied: "Dad, the British government passed something called 18B at the outbreak of war. It gave them the power to put anyone in jail that opposed the war, even someone with as much integrity, class, and beauty as the extraordinary Diana Mosley." Read the book yourself, it is about the other side of World War 2, but it also speaks of how nationalism is obsolete and gives a very good argument for believing that Europeanism is the wave of the future.

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dreadful judgement
I found this a very interesting and entertaining book. Lady Mosley was obviously a cultivated and delightful woman to know. However, this was one of the most disturbing books that I have read. The most interesting part of the book of course, was her description of the meetings with Hitler and Goering. After all we know about the horrers that these two perpetrated she still refers to them in almost fawning terms. When she comments on Hitlers beautiful hands and hair, really this is too much for me. I do not have a problem with her prewar views but an intelligent and cultivated person as she was must surely have better judgement than this.

She and her husband Sir Oswald constantly bemoan the fate the fate of the dreadful lot of the British working man prior to 1939 yet they always had the money to either buy a new castle or a down market mansion.

I heard Sir Oswald speak in the 1950's and would agree that other than Churchill he was one of the most accomplished speaker that I have heard. However, Churchill was quite correct to intern both of the Mosleys as to gether with the Duke of Windsor the trio would have made an excellant Nazi governement in waiting.

In spite of this she did have some interesting observations. She was rightly annoyed when her loyalty was questioned by Herbert Morrison who bravely spent WW1 in an orchard. And her comment that Britain was willing to go to war in 1939 to save Poland yet happily traded it to Russia in 1945 at Yalta

To summarize, education and breeding do not judgement make. It is obvious that a peace settlement with Hitler in 1940 was an invitation to a slave society.