An intelligent person's guide to Fascism
By: Richard Griffiths.
Publisher: Duckworth
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
Subjects: Fascism.
Other titles: Fascism.
Description: In this timely book, Richard Griffiths unravels fascism's somewhat nebulous history to give a true account of its meaning. Griffiths is the author of many books, his most recent being Patriotism Perverted.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-161) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Preface ix; title: Introduction 1; title: Part One: Prelude, 1880-1930; title: 1. Neither Right nor Left: Pre-Fascism. 11; title: 2. 'Avanti!': The post-war scene in Europe, and the success of; title: Italian Fascism. 31; title: 3. 'The most constructive statesman of this age, Benito Mussolini':; title: The initial impact of Italian Fascism. 40; title: Part Two: New developments in the Thirties; title: 4. The Third Way: Reactions to the Crisis of the early Thirties. 59; title: 5. 'Firm Leaders not drift': The Years 1933-6 and the emergence; title: of the concept of 'international fascism'. 72; title: Part Three: The myth becomes reality: The nature of 'fascism'; title: 6. 'Fascists', or 'Conservatives'? 91; title: 7. Two variants of the 'international fascism' of the late Thirties:; title: 'Catholic fascism' and the 'Iron Guard'. 114; title: 8. More aspects of 'fascism' in the late Thirties. 126; title: Epilogue; title: 9. 'A great political alliance': fascism and the war. 137; title: 10. Race, nostalgia and the search for acceptance: the post-war; title: extreme Right. 144; title: Conclusion 153; title: Glossary of Terms 156; title: Bibliography 159; title: Index 162.