This highly acclaimed book, now in paperback, was first published in hardcover in December 1996. Payne has written the first full history of fascism in Europe and elsewhere between the World Wars. His history encompasses all the major fascist
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History professor Payne defines fascism and describes its course during the first half of the century.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"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."-Susan Zuccotti, The Nation -- Susan Zuccotti, The Nation
"Anyone seeking a guide to thinking about the history and essential characteristics of fascism could do no better than read Stanley G. Payne's invaluable book, A History of Fascism, 1914-1945, which is likely to be the definitive study of its subject for a considerable time."-John Gray, The New York Times Book Review -- John Gray, The New York Times Book Review
"Anyone seeking a guide to thinking about the history and essential characteristics of fascism could do no better than read Stanley G. Payne's invaluable book, A History of Fascism, 1914-1945, which is likely to be the definitive study of its subject for a considerable time."-John Gray, The New York Times Book Review -- John Gray, The New York Times Book Review
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"Fascism" has been a term so abused by careless application as to render it meaningless. Payne restores the term's usefulness first by carefully defining the phenomenon, then tracing its roots in the disrupted and blood-soaked soil of World War I. By delineating the distinctions between the various "authoritarian nationalisms" he is able to develop a typological description that illuminates the distinctive characteristics of fascism and shows it to be a phenomenon of a particular time and space, growing out of specific social, political, and economic preconditions. The author examines the similarities and differences of the various national movements, with an especially valuable analysis of the rise of Nazism; discusses the rise of variants in other countries such as Spain and Romania, and assesses the minor movements in Scandanavia and elsewhere. Considering Neofascism and the authoritarian nationalisms of today, Payne reassuringly dismisses any likelihood of resurgence in the West but is concerned by the potential of trouble from the East, especially when fueled by religious fundamentalism. Admirably readable; highly recommended.
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Stanley Payne provides one of the most thorough and accurate overviews of Fascism in this book. The biggest problem with much of the fascist literature is that it combines fascism and Nazism into one category when in fact they are quite different. Payne grasps these nuances quite well and shows the nature and development of each. He tracks not only the rise of fascism in Italy but across Europe and the world. It looks at the failed movements in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe and the budding movements of the Middle East and the crushing defeats of fascism in Asia. The book is well written and thoroughly covered with an excellent bibliography for further study. All and all a great overview of fascism and one not to be missed.
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I thought this was a detailed account of the different forms of fascism. It goes beyond comparing Hitler and Mussolini, and shows the connections that existed between all of the fascist parties in Europe and beyond. I highly reccommend this book.
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totalitarian art, native fascism, national syndicalists, stato nuovo, quota novanta, González von Marées, les jaunes, authoritarian nationalist groups, conservative authoritarian right, retrodictive theory, popular fascist movement, significant fascist movements, völkisch culture, authoritarian corporate state, generic fascism, moderate authoritarianism, fascist negations, national syndicalism, left interventionists, other fascist movements, origini del fascismo, protofascist groups, national socialist groups, sul fascismo, protofascist movement Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, World War, Italian Fascism, Soviet Union, National Socialism, Third Reich, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Action Française, New Haven, United States, Chapel Hill, National Socialist, Late Nineteenth-Century Europe, Fascist Party, Four Major Variants of Fascism, Nazi Party, The Minor Movements, Latin American, New Brunswick, Primo de Rivera, Fascism Outside Europe, Interpretations of Fascism, Italian Fascists, Dritten Reich Browse Sample Pages:
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