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Anatomy of Fascism

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ISBN-10: 1400033918

ISBN-13: 9781400033911

Edition: N/A

Authors: Robert O. Paxton

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What is fascism? Many authors have proposed definitions, but most fail to move beyond the abstract. The esteemed historian Robert O. Paxton answers this question for the first time by focusing on the concrete: what the fascists did, rather than what they said. From the first violent uniformed bands beating up “enemies of the state,” through Mussolini’s rise to power, to Germany’s fascist radicalization in World War II, Paxton shows clearly why fascists came to power in some countries and not others, and explores whether fascism could exist outside the early-twentieth-century European setting in which it emerged. The Anatomy of Fascism will have a lasting impact on our understanding of…    
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List price: $18.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/8/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.16" wide x 7.93" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.484

Robert O. Paxton is Mellon Professor Emeritus of the Social Sciences at Columbia University. His other books include Parades and Politics at Vichy, Europe in the Twentieth Century,and French Peasant Fascism.

Preface
Introduction
The Invention of Fascism Images of Fascism Strategies
Where Do We Go from Here?
Creating Fascist Movements
The Immediate Background Intellectual, Cultural, and Emotional Roots
Long-Term Preconditions Precursors Recruitment Understanding Fascism by Its Origins
Taking Root Successful Fascisms —
(1) The Po Valley, Italy, 1920-22 —
(2) Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 1928-33
An Unsuccessful Fascism: France, 1924-40
Some Other Unsuccessful Fascisms Comparisons and Conclusions
Getting Power Mussolini and the "March on Rome"
Hitler and the "Backstairs Conspiracy"
What Did Not Happen: Election, Coup d'Etat
Solo Triumph Forming Alliances
What Fascists Offered the Establishment
The Prefascist Crisis Revolutions after Power: Germany and Italy Comparisons and Alternatives
Exercising Power
The Nature of Fascist Rule: "Dual State" and Dynamic Shapelessness
The Tug-of-War between Fascists and Conservatives
The Tug-of-War between Leader and Party
The Tug-of-War between Party and State Accommodation, Enthusiasm, Terror
The Fascist "Revolution"
The Long Term: Radicalization or Entropy?
What Drives Radicalization?
Trying to Account for the Holocaust Italian Radicalization: Internal Order, Ethiopia, Sal� Final Thoughts
Other Times
Other Places
Is Fascism Still Possible?
Western Europe since 1945
Post-Soviet Eastern Europe Fascism Outside Europe
What Is Fascism?
Conflicting Interpretations Boundaries
What Is Fascism?
Bibliographical
Essay
Notes
Index