Did Fascism end with the Allied victory over the Axis powers in 1945, or has it been lying dormant and is now re-awakening as we move into the 21st century? "Introducing Fascism and Nazism" trace the origins of Fascism in 19th-century traditions of ultra-conservatism, the ideas of Nietzsche, Wagner and other intellectuals which helped to make racist doctrines repectable and which led to the ultimate horrifying "logic" of the Holocaust. The book investigates the four types of Fascism that emerged after the First World War in Italy, Germany, Spain and Japan. It also looks beyond the current headlines of neo-Nazi hooliganism and examines the increasing political success of the far right in Western Europe and the explosion of ultra-nationalisms in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
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Grade 9 Up-Presenting a strongly left-wing British view, Wood and Jansz analyze specific social movements and try to aid readers in determining which ones, if any, should be called "fascist." Continuing beyond World War II, they show that fascism is still strong in Europe. (There is no mention of any events in North America.) Using a black-and-white, comic-book format reminiscent of Rius's well-known Marx for Beginners (McKay, 1990), they lampoon their targets with considerable venom, making them appear to admit crimes they would never acknowledge in public. Readers who are knowledgeable about art will recognize some classic images (e.g., The Scream), but those without background in European history will sometimes be confused by obscure references. In contrast, Peter Chrisp's The Rise of Fascism (Watts, 1991) does an excellent job of presenting the facts in considerably greater depth and much more objectively, with plenty of contemporary photographs, maps, chronology, glossary, and index. Unfortunately, that book's coverage ends with World War II. Elaine Landau's White Power Movement (Millbrook, 1993) covers American hate groups. James Forman's Fascism (Dell, 1976) is a much more scholarly analysis, if a bit dated. Any of these titles would be preferable choices.
Jonathan Betz-Zall, Sno-Isle Regional Library System, Edmonds, WA
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Jonathan Betz-Zall, Sno-Isle Regional Library System, Edmonds, WA
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Informative and entertaining introduction,
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Fascism and Nazism have always seemed so horrific to me that I have put off learning about them. I picked up this book to get past that. It is a brief introduction to European and Japanese fascism that covers the basic history, philosophy, and politics of fascism in the 20th century. The stark black-and-white illustrations by Litza Jansz bring the book to life and are well integrated into Stuart Hood's text. The book covers the origins of fascism in the 19th century through to the re-emergence of neo-fascism at the dawn of the 21st century. This is a well-done entry in the Introducing series and recommended as a first book on the topic.
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This shrill Leftist whinge of course comes out pro-Capitalist in the end (a compromize which indeed everyone ends up making); and for one reason or another fails to locate the place from which Fascism can be seen to be a unified ideology (even if even then some of its own internal logic is self-contradictory to a point that militates against its legitimate application).
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Fascism for idiots by idiots,
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You could probably learn more about fascism from watching a Hogan's Heros episode than reading this. The authors obviously spent too much time drawing their scary comic book looking nazis to do any research on the actual topic. For example on the section about Spanish Fascism it states that the founder of the movement was assassinated. This is just incorrect. He was arrested by the Republican Spanish government and executed on charges of subversive activities. It goes on to say that the Falange (Spanish fascists) were supported by the rich corporations to defend the "ruling class". While support from business was somewhat the case for the Nazis in Germany and Fascists in Italy it was not at all for Spain. The Falange were as radical in their rhetoric against capitalism as were the communists and utterly despised by capitalists and traditional conservatives. The book goes on page by page giving little insight into fascist and national socialist thought or history besides that its "really bad". Save your money and go buy a real book on the topic
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