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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820519503321

Autore

Kallis Aristotle A. <1970->

Titolo

Fascist ideology : territory and expansionism in Italy and Germany, 1922-1945 / / Aristotle A. Kallis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; New York, : Routledge, 2000

ISBN

1-134-60658-3

1-134-60659-1

0-203-13066-9

0-203-17037-7

1-280-32944-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Disciplina

320.53/3/0943

Soggetti

Fascism - Italy - History

Nationalism - Italy - History - 20th century

National socialism - History

Nationalism - Germany - History - 20th century

Italy Foreign relations 1922-1945

Germany Foreign relations 1933-1945

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. 258-276) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Italian and German expansionism in the longue duree; Fascist ideology and territorial expansion; Foreign policy decision-making processes under fascist rule; Fascist expansionism in practice: foreign policy making (1922  39); Between co-operation and rivalry: relations between the two regimes; Fascist expansionism and war (1939  45); Conclusions; 'National' traditions and 'fascist' innovations: the continuity debate; Leaders, 'fascist' values and 'national' interest

Dealing with differences: the limits of a generic definition of fascist expansionismNotes; Select bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Fascist Ideology is a comparative study of the expansionist foreign policies of fascist Italy and Nazi Germany from 1922-1945. Fascist Ideology provides a comparative investigation of fascist expansionism



by focusing on the close relations between ideology and action under Mussolini and Hitler. With an overview of the ideological motivations behind fascist expansionism and their impact on fascist policies, this book explores the two main issues which have dominated the historiographical debates on the nature of fascist expansionism: whether Italy's and Germany's particula