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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958625703321

Autore

Payne Stanley G.

Titolo

A history of fascism, 1914-1945 / / Stanley G. Payne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison : , : University of Wisconsin Press, , 1995

©1995

ISBN

9786613582027

9781280486791

1280486791

9780299148737

0299148734

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 613 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

320.5/33/09

Soggetti

Fascism - History

Fascism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

The cultural transformation of the fin de siècle Radical and authoritarian nationalism in late nineteenth-century Europe The impact of World War I The rise of Italian fascism, 1919-1929 The growth of nonfascist authoritarianism in Southern and Eastern Europe, 1919-1929 German National Socialism The transformation of Italian fascism, 1929-1939 Four major variants of fascism The minor movements Fascism outside Europe? World War II : climax and destruction of fascism Interpretations of fascism Generic fascism? Fascism and modernization Elements of a retrodictive theory of fascism Epilogue: Neofascism : a fascism in our future?

Sommario/riassunto

" A History of Fascism is an invaluable sourcebook, offering a rare combination of detailed information and thoughtful analysis. It is a masterpiece of comparative history, for the comparisons enhance our understanding of each part of the whole. The term 'fascist, ' used so freely these days as a pejorative epithet that has nearly lost its meaning, is precisely defined, carefully applied and skillfully explained. The analysis effectively restores the dimension of evil."-Susan Zuccotti, The Nation "A magisterial, wholly accessible, engaging study.... Payne



defines fascism as a form of ultranationalism espousing a myth of national rebirth and marked by extreme elitism, mobilization of the masses, exaltation of hierarchy and subordination, oppression of women and an embrace of violence and war as virtues."- Publishers Weekly