International Fascism, 1919-45

by Robert Mallett (Editor), Gert Sorensen (Editor)

Overview

The essays that comprise this study of 20th-century fascism shift the focus away from the German and Italian models and towards the influence of fascist ideology within other countries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714653013
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/01/2002
Series:	Totalitarianism Movements and Political Religions , #7
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Gert Sørensen, Robert Mallett

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 ‘Opposing the past’: Danish Radical Conservatism and Right-Wing Authoritarianism in the Inter-War Years, Adam Holm; Chapter 2 The Dual State and Fascism, Gert Sørensen; Chapter 3 The Strategy of Fascist Italy: A Premise, Lucio Ceva; Chapter 4 Mussolini, Franco and the Spanish Civil War: An Afterthought, Morten Heiberg; Chapter 5 ‘The war that we prefer’: The Reclamation of the Pontine Marshes and Fascist Expansion, Steen Bo Frandsen; Chapter 6 The Papacy in Two World Wars: Benedict XV and Pius XII Compared, John F. Pollard; Chapter 7 The Sentinel of the Bravo: Italian Fascism in Mexico, 1922–35, Franco Savarino; Chapter 8 Defence of a Concept: Raymond Aron and Totalitarianism, Trine M. Kjeldahl; Chapter 9 The Establishment and Development of the Metaxas Dictatorship in the Context of Fascism and Nazism, 1936–41, Mogens Pelt;

Editorial Reviews

Nine papers, examining the influence of Mussolini and Italian Fascism on other countries and political regimes, are presented by Sorenson (Romance languages, U. of Copenhagen, Denmark) and Mallett (modern history, U. of Birmingham, UK). Topics include radical conservatism's attacks on liberal ideals in Denmark, the applicability of Fraenkel's concept of the "dual state" to Italian Fascism, the contradictions of the imperialist foreign policy of Mussolini, Franco's rejection of Mussolini's control over Spanish Fascism, relations between Mussolini and the Papacy, efforts to engage Italian emigr<'e>s to Mexico with the Fascist project, and Greek Fascist conflict with Germany and Italy due to geostrategic goals. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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