Richard Thurlow is a lecturer in the Department of History, the University of Sheffield, following the merger in 1988 with the department of Economic and Social History where he had taught sonce 1972. He is author of" Fascism in Britain, A History 1918-85" (Blackwell, 1987) and co-editor with K. Lunn of "British Fascism" (Croom Helm, 1979). His main academic interests are fascism and the history of intelligence and national security in Britain during the twentieth century.