This is a cross-regional course focusing on Western Europe, Latin America, and the United States. It focuses on right-wing populism, popular support for authoritarian movements, and fascism. The course covers Nazism in Germany, Mussolini's fascism in Italy, Peronism in Argentina, and the KKK in the United States. It may also cover Franco's fascism in Spain and various fascist movements in France, including Dorgeres and the Croix de Feu. It is an introductory course that focuses upon the relationship between historical development and current political regimes.
Countries covered include Britain, France and usually Russia.