The Oxford Handbook of Fascism.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- 626 p.
A reappraisal of European fascism, exploring the ways it is understood by contemporary scholarship.
Introduction; IDEAS AND FORMATIVE EXPERIENCE; 1. The ideological origins of Fascism before 1914; 2. The First World War as Cultural Trauma; 3. World War One as Totality; 4. The Aftermath of War; THE FIRST FASCIST NATION; 5. Squadrism; 6. Culture and Intellectuals; 7. The Peasant Experience Under Italian Fascism; 8. Corporatism and the Economic Order; 9. Fascism and Catholicism; 10. Propaganda and Youth; 11. Women in Mussolini's Italy 1922-45; 12. Crime and Repression; 13. Fascism and War; 14. Dictators, Strong or Weak? The Model of Benito Mussolini; THE NAZI COMPARISON; 15. State and Society:the (first) Axis of Evil; OTHERS; 18. Communism: Fascism's 'other'?; 19. Spain; 20. Hungar 21. Romania; 22. Yugoslavia and its successor states; 23. Austria; 24. The Netherlands; 25. Belgium; 26. Britain and its Empire; 27. France; 28. Japan; REFLECTION AND LEGACIES; 29. Comparisons and Definitions; 30. Memory and Representations of Fascism in Germany and Italy; 31. Neofascism / Italy and Germany Compared; 16. Race; 17. Diplomacy and World War.
A reappraisal of European fascism, exploring the ways it is understood by contemporary scholarship.