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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454121003321

Autore

Laqueur Walter <1921->

Titolo

Fascism [[electronic resource] ] : past, present, future / / Walter Laqueur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996

ISBN

1-280-53514-8

9786610535149

0-19-802527-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Disciplina

320.5/33/09

Soggetti

Fascism - History

Fascism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-245) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Fascism; Introduction; 2 Neofascism; 3 Postfascism; Notes; Bibliographical Note; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Mussolini's march on Rome; Hitler's speeches before waves of goose-stepping storm troopers; the horrors of the Holocaust; burning crosses and neo-Nazi skinhead hooligans. Few words are as evocative, and even fewer ideologies as pernicious, as fascism. And yet, the world continues to witness the success of political parties in countries such as Italy, France, Austria, Russia, and elsewhere resembling in various ways historical fascism. Why, despite its past, are people still attracted to fascism? Will it ever again be a major political force in the world? Where in the world is it most likely to