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Book SynopsisThe transformation process in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) after 1989 is often clothed in terms of historical and geographical categories, either as a 'return of history' or as a 'return to Europe', or both. Either way, the radical right in CEE claims a prominent place in this politics of return. Studies of the radical right echo the more general concern, in analyses of the region, with historical analogies and the role of legacies. Sometimes parallels are discovered between the post-1989 radical right and inter-war fascism. They imply a 'Weimarisation' of the transformation countries and the return of the pre-socialist, ultranationalist, or even fascist past - the 'return of history'. Another interpretation argues that since some CEE party systems increasingly resemble their West European counterparts, so does the radical right, at least where it is electorally successful - the 'return to Europe'. A third line of thought states that the radical right in the region is a phenomenon sui generis, inherently shaped by the historical forces of state socialism and the transformation process. As a result and in contrast to Western Europe, it is ideologically more extreme and anti-democratic while organisationally more a movement than a party phenomenon. This book provides insight into the role of historical forces in the shaping and performance of the current radical right in CEE. It conceptualises 'legacies' both as a contextual factor, (ie: as part of structural and cultural opportunities for new movements and parties in the region, and as textual factors; ie: as part of the ideological baggage of the past which is revived -- and reinterpreted -- by the radical right). An introductory essay by Michael Minkenberg puts the topic and the concept of legacies into a larger research perspective. Articles by Lenka Bustikova and Herbert Kitschelt as well as John Ishiyama employ the role of legacies as context, whereas the contributions by Timm Beichelt, Sarah de Lange and Simona Guerra as well as James Frusetta and Anca Glont treat legacies as text.Trade Review"Each chapter in this publication represents a very interesting piece of scholarship, and together, the texts form a volume that examines the role of historical legacies in influencing the emergence and success of the radical right in post-communist Europe." -- e-Extreme"The collection represents a successful overview of the development of the radical right in connection with the historic inheritance in East, East Central and Southeast Europe. [...] The book is eminently readable because it leads to new insights and invites further research and reflection on this complex theme." -- Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-ForschungTable of ContentsList of Contributors Acknowledgments Leninist beneficiaries? Pre-1989 legacies and the radical right in post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe: some introductory observations, by Michael Minkenberg The radical right in post-communist Europe: Comparative perspectives on legacies and party competition, by Lenka Bustikova and Herbert Kitschelt Historical legacies and the size of the red-brown vote in post-communist politics, by John Ishiyama Two variants of the Russian radical right: Imperial and social nationalism, by Timm Beichelt The League of Polish Families between East and West, past and present, by Sarah L. de Lange and Simona Guerra Interwar fascism and the post-1989 radical right: Ideology, opportunism and historical legacy in Bulgaria and Romania, by James Frusetta and Anca Glont Afterword - Modalities of fear: The radical right in Eastern Europe, by Sabrina P. Ramet

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Book SynopsisThe Life and Afterlife of a Ukrainian Nationalist is the first comprehensive and scholarly biography of the Ukrainian far-right leader Stepan Bandera and the first in-depth study of his political cult. In this fascinating book, Grzegorz Rossolinski-Liebe illuminates the life of a mythologized personality and scrutinizes the history of the most violent twentieth-century Ukrainian nationalist movement: the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and its Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Elucidating the circumstances in which Bandera and his movement emerged and functioned, Rossolinski-Liebe explains how fascism and racism impacted on Ukrainian revolutionary and genocidal nationalism. The book shows why Bandera and his followers failed-despite their ideological similarity to the Croatian Ustasa and the Slovak Hlinka Party-to establish a collaborationist state under the auspices of Nazi Germany and examines the involvement of the Ukrainian nationalists in the Holocaust and other atrocities during and after the Second World War. The author brings to light some of the darkest elements of modern Ukrainian history and demonstrates its complexity, paying special attention to the Soviet terror in Ukraine and the entanglement between Ukrainian, Jewish, Polish, Russian, German, and Soviet history. The monograph also charts the creation and growth of the Bandera cult before the Second World War, its vivid revivals during the Cold War among the Ukrainian diaspora, and in Bandera's native eastern Galicia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.Trade ReviewA fascinating and well-researched monograph. It is essential reading. -- Antony Polonsky, Albert Abramson Professor of Holocaust Studies, Brandeis University and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum This important, heavily documented and rigorously researched book could not be published at a better time. ... meticulously documented and persuasively argued. -- Omer Bartov, Brown University This book is bound to generate debate. It makes a major contribution to the discourse on the meaning of modern Ukrainian history. -- John-Paul Himka, University of Alberta The author, using a vast array of primary sources in all the relevant languages, has set the scholarly standard for future research on Bandera and the history of interwar and wartime Ukraine... A fascinating read. Israel Journal of Foreign AffairsTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Note on Language, Names, and Transliterations Introduction 1. Heterogeneity, Modernity, and the Turn to the Right 2. Formative Years 3. Pieracki's Assassination and the Warsaw and Lviv Trials 4. The "Ukrainian National Revolution": Mass Violence and Political Disaster 5. Resistance, Collaboration, and Genocidal Aspirations 6. Third World War and the Globalization of Ukrainian Nationalism 7. The Providnyk in Exile 8. Bandera and Soviet Propaganda 9. The Revival of the Cult 10. Return to Ukraine Conclusion Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book deals with the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) that was launched on 29 August 1944 in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. In the West, the uprising is an under-researched topic in the history of WWII. The Slovak state was an ally of Nazi Germany, but the uprising proved that the population did not share the regimes ideology.

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Book SynopsisIn 'Different Drummers', Michael Kater explores the underground history of jazz in Hitler's Germany using archival records and assembled interviews. He offers a frightening and fascinating look at life and popular culture during the Third Reich, showing that for the Nazis, jazz was an especially threatening form of expression.Trade Review"In this admirable and well-researched study, Michael Kater explores the ambiguous relationship that jazz had to the National Socialist state and society, and in the process problematizes the liberating qualities that jazz supposedly possesses. Even more significantly, the manner of the new cultural hsitory, Kater uses his study to illuminate and investigage a number of social, political and cultural issues that engage the interests of specialists in the period."--German Studies Review"Outstanding....a fine mix of archival research with the collection of oral and written testimonies. It is virtually encyclopedic in its effort to convey the life stories of so many contributors to German jazz; to evaluate the sound of particular musicians; to analyze the audience--generally urban, young, middle-class--and the business; to identify the personal connections and the main locales."--American Historical Review"Most people would assume that jazz was completely stamped out at home by the fascist government in the 1930s. Michael Kater's remarkable book paints a very different picture and deals in great detail with a little-known chapter in jazz history....There is not a jazz fan, no matter how knowledgeable, who will fail to learn a great deal by reading this important book."--Scott Yanow, Jazziz"Kater's superbly researched story is fascinating and horrifying, yet in a sense rewarding, since it shows the lengths to which young Germans would go to keep the faith with a music that was their common link."--The Los Angeles Times"Richly rewarding, challenging, provocative, and eminently insightful."--The Jazz Report"Meticulous scholarship and...astute use of oral testimony."--London Times Higher Education Supplement

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Book SynopsisThe period from 1900 to 1945 was one of the most dramatic in Italian history. It embraced two world wars, the crisis of the liberal state, and the advent of a new form of dictatorship destined to leave an imprint on the whole history of Europe. It was also a period in which Italian economy and society began to undergo that process of transformation which led to the modern, industrialized Italy of today. Italian writers and artists responded creatively to change and the contribution to European culture of such figures as Croce, Gramsci, D''Annunzio, Pirandello, De Chirico, or the Futurists was one of primary importance. This volume discusses these developments in depth, paying particular attention to the social and moral conflicts resulting from modernization, war, and the impact of the totalitarian experiment of Fascism. The interaction between foreign and domestic policy is also explored. The final chapter considers three strands of cultural life: visual arts, literature, and social tTable of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. State and society ; 2. Church, state, and Catholicism ; 3. The economy ; 4. Italy and the crisis of the international order ; 5. Fascist Ideology, foreign policy, and war ; 6. The totalitarian experiment ; 7. Modernization and daily life ; 8. The visual arts ; 9. Literature ; 10. Social and political thought ; Conclusion ; Maps ; Further Reading ; Chronology

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Book SynopsisThe essays in this Handbook, written by an international team of distinguished scholars, combine to explore the way in which fascism is understood by contemporary scholarship, as well as pointing to areas of continuing dispute and discussion. From a focus on Italy as, chronologically at least, the ''first Fascist nation'', the contributors cover a wide range of countries, from Nazi Germany and the comparison with Soviet Communism to fascism in Yugoslavia and its successor states. The book also examines the roots of fascism before 1914 and its survival, whether in practice or in memory, after 1945. The analysis looks at both fascist ideas and practice, and at the often uneasy relationship between the two. The book is not designed to provide any final answers to the fascist problem and no quick definition emerges from its pages. Readers will rather find there historical debate. On appropriate occasions, the authors disagree with each other and have not been forced into any artificial ''cTrade ReviewThis valuable collection brings readers the latest research and thinking and will prove invaluable to students of the twentieth century. * Contemporary Review *...offer[s] the reader access to many complex and fascinating episodes and aspects in fascism's history... * Roger Griffin, English Historical Review *An expert, and up-to-date representation of the "state of the art" of research into fascism, this is a volume that serious scholars of Europe's "Age of Extremes" will want to have on their bookshelves. * Andrew G. Bonnell, Australian Journal of Politics and History *Because of its breadth and depth, this lucid and in many ways excellent handbook will be one of the first ports of call for anyone interested in the history of fascism. * Christian Goeschel, H-Soz-u-Kult *Table of ContentsIDEAS AND FORMATIVE EXPERIENCE; THE FIRST FASCIST NATION; THE NAZI COMPARISON; OTHERS; REFLECTION AND LEGACIES

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Book SynopsisThe Mark of Cain fleshes out a history of conversations that contributed to Germany''s coming to terms with a guilty past. Katharina von Kellenbach draws on letters exchanged between clergy and Nazi perpetrators, written notes of prison chaplains, memoirs, sermons, and prison publications to illuminate the moral and spiritual struggles of perpetrators after the war. These documents provide intimate insights into the self-reflection and self-perception of perpetrators. As Germany looks back on more than sixty years of passionate debate about political, personal and legal guilt, its ongoing engagement with the legacy of perpetration has transformed its culture and politics. In many post-genocidal societies, it falls to clergy and religious officials (in addition to the courts) to negotiate and create a path for individuals beyond the atrocities of the past. German clergy brought the Christian message of guilt and forgiveness into the internment camps where Nazi functionaries awaited prosTrade ReviewKatharina von Kellenbach's analysis is strong medicine. In this extensive case study she exposes the inability of rank and file Nazi perpetrators to confront their own responsibilities for the crimes they committed serving the Nazi cause. Their own words and denials become a modern day mark of Cain, warning future generations of the compounding power of personal, cultural, religious, and ideological identities to justify unspeakable violence to others. * Henry F. Knight, Director of the Cohen Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies, Keene State College *Table of ContentsForeword ; Chapter 1: The Mark of Cain ; Chapter 2: Guilt Confessions and Amnesty Campaigns ; Chapter 3: Faith under the Gallows: Spectacles of Innocence in WCP Landsberg ; Chapter 4: Cleansed by Suffering? The SS General and the Human Beast ; Chapter 5: From Honorable Sacrifices to Lonely Scapegoats ; Chapter 6: "Understand my Boy this Truth about the Mistake": Inheriting Guilt ; Chapter 7: "Naturally I will stand by my husband": Marital Love and Loyalty ; Chapter 8: "Absolved from the Guilt of the Past": Memory as Burden and as Grace ; Biographical Appendix ; Abbreviations of Archives ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1944, this book looks at political philosophy, intellectual and cultural history, and economics.Trade Review"A version of a recognized classic text that provides a full and rich context from which to understand its emergence and eventual powerful impact on the course of events and ideas in the twentieth century. . . . The University of Chicago Press and Bruce Caldwell have done an excellent job in dressing up this classic book for both the general reader and scholars in a variety of disciplines and the hiostory of ideas."--Steven Horwitz "EH.Net " "It takes courage, or something like it, to declare one's offering 'The Definitive Edition'. . . . I have no hesitation, though in describing this as an excellent edition."--Roger Kimball "New Criterion " "In my opinion it is a grand book. . . . Morally and philosophically I find myself in agreement with virtually the whole of it: and not only in agreement with it, but in deeply moved agreement." --John Maynard Keynes

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Book SynopsisManyof the foremost experts in the study of European fascism unite to provide a contemporary analysis of the theories and historiography of fascism.Essays discussthe most recent debates on the subject and how changes in the social sciences over the past forty years have impacted on the study of fascism from various perspectives.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword; S.G.Payne Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: Fascism and the other '-isms'; A.Costa Pinto PART I: FASCISM AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES Decomposition and Recomposition of Theories: How to Arrive at Useful Ideas Explaining Fascism; S.U.Larsen Desperately Seeking a 'Generic Fascism': Some Discordant Thoughts on the Academic Recycling of Indigenous Categories; M.Dobry Fascism and Culture: A Mosse-Centric Meta-Narrative of how Fascist Studies Reinvented the Wheel; R.Griffin PART II: NEW APPROACHES Theories of Fascism: A Critique from the Perspective of Women's and Gender History; K.Passmore Fascism and Religion; J.Pollard Ideology, Propaganda, Violence and the Rise of Fascism; R.Eatwell Political Violence and Institutional Crisis in Interwar Southern Europe; G.Albanese Ruling Elites, Political Institutions and Decision-Making in Fascist-Era Dictatorships: Comparative Perspectives; A.Costa Pinto Fascism, 'Licence' and Genocide: from the Chimera of Rebirth to the Authorization of Mass Murder; A.Kallis Concluding Remarks; A.Lyttelton Index

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Book SynopsisLooks at fascist movements around the world, focusing on Mussolini's dictatorship and Hitler's Nazi regime, and argues that Lenin's political model is responsible for fascist practices and institutions.Trade Review“Likely to be the definitive study of its subject for a considerable time.”—New York Times Book Review

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Book SynopsisThis work takes argument with the notion that Fascism never took hold in France. By the author of "French Fascism: The First Wave, 1924-1933".Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction: The Debate over Fascism, The Consensus School, The Sternhell Controversy, Historical Fascism in ltaly and Germany, Defining Fascism, Contextualising Fascism, Major Common Denominators of European Fascism; Context: Depression and its Political Consequences, The February 6th, 1934, Riots, The Popular Front; Major and Declining Fascisms, Newspaper Allies, and the Greenshirts: Small and Large Fascisms, The Francistes, The Jeunesses Patriotes, The Action Francaise Newspaper Allies, The Greenshirts, The Cagoule, The Fascist Left: Deat and Bergery; The Solidarite Francaise: Leadership, Financing, and Membership, Rise and Fall Was the Solidarite Francaise Fascist?, Anti-Semitism, Praising Musslini and Hitler and Calling for a Franco-Italian-German Alliance Fascist "Republicanism" and National "Socialism", Anti-Marxism, Antiliberatism, Women Patriotism, Tradition, and the Veterans' Mystique; The Croix de Feu - Parti Social Francais: Political History, 1928- 1939, La Rocque after 1940, Financing, Membership, Was La Rocque's Movement Fascist?, Anti-Semitism, Antidemocracy, Paramilitarism, Anti-Marxism, "Neither Right nor Left", Antidecadence, Antiliberalism; The Parti Populaire Francais: Jacques Doriot: The Communist Years, 1920-1936, The Shift to Fascism, Fascist Symbolism, Financing , Leadership, Membership, National "Socialism" as Anti-Marxism, Cultural Traditionalism, Antifeminism, and Imperialism, National "Socialism" in the Writings of Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, Raymon Fernandez, and Bertrand de Jouvenel Antidemocracy, Antiliberalism, Antirationalism, and Anti-Semitism; Fascist Intellectuals and the Revolt against Decadence: Bertrand de Jouvenel, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, Robert Brasillach, Louis-Ferdinand, Celine Splitting; Conclusion; Notes; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis study examines the social, economic and intellectual factors that caused German musical scholars to support the ideological aims of the Nazis, and argues that many of the ideas that served the regime survived the Nazi period to influence the conception of music history down to the present.

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Book SynopsisThis is a study of the experience of one of Germany's most important armaments manufacturers - and automotive companies - during the period of the Third Reich. The book examines how the opportunities offered by the Nazi rearmament in the 1930s led to rapid expansion and a surge in profits.

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Book SynopsisThis collection provides readers with a comprehensive overview of postwar representations of Nazism in popular culture, documenting and critiquing their enormous impact and importance.Trade ReviewIn this edited volume, Buttsworth and Abbenhuis have successfully addressed a highly charged topic in scholarship: representations of Nazism in modern popular culture. …The many sources demonstrate the book's interdisciplinary character. Readers will find compelling analyses of everyday artifacts, such as comic books, television, and classroom curricula. Highly recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsIllustrations and Tables, Acknowledgments, Introduction: The Mundanity of Evil: Everyday Nazism in Post-War Popular Culture, Maartje Abbenhuis and Sara Buttsworth Chapter 1 The "What Ifs?" of Nazism: Recent Alternate Histories of the Third Reich, Gavriel D. Rosenfeld Chapter 2 Hitler as Our Devil?: Nazi Germany in Mainstream Media, Eva Kingsepp Chapter 3 From Satan to Hitler: Theological and Historical Evil in C. S. Lewis, Philip Pullman, and J. K. Rowling, Sarah Fiona Winters Chapter 4 Hitler Is Fun: Sixty Years of Nazism in Humorous Comics, Marc Hieronimus Chapter 5 Holocaust Pornography: Profaning the Sacred in Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS, Lynn Rapaport Chapter 6 Wonder Woman against the Nazis: Gendering Villainy in DC Comics, Ruth McClelland-Nugent Chapter 7 Conspirator or Collaborator? Nazi Arab Villainy in Popular Fiction, Ahmed Khalid Al-Rawi Chapter 8 "Evil's Spreading, Sir—and It's Not Just Over There!": Nazism in Buffy and Angel, Cynthea Masson Chapter 9 "Keep Feeling Fasci/nation": Neofolk and the Search for Europe, Emily Turner-Graham Chapter 10 Where Does Evil Sit in the Classroom? Problematizing Teaching about Hitler, Nasty Nazis, and the Holocaust, Claire M. Hall Chapter 11 From Hagiography to Iconoclasm: The Nazi Magazine Signal and Its Mediations, Brigitte Sion Contributors, Index,

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Book SynopsisA study of the "myth of fascism", this work offers a detailed critique of the way in which the history of fascism has been given meaning both in Italy and the outside world, from 1919 to 1997. Bosworth provides an account of history writing about Benito Mussolini and his regime.Trade Review'It is immensely learned yet also witty, wise and humane. A marvelous book.' Dr Patrick Finney, University of Wales Lampeter, U '...fills a yawning gap.' Professor R A H Robinson, University of Birmingham 'Bosworth brilliantly analyses an expansive and exhaustive bibliography with extraordinary lucidity.' Choice 'Written with great verve and humour, it constitutes a very lively tour through some of the most important historical works on the period...Written in such an easy-to-read and engaging style should make it accessible to and popular with students.' History Journal

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Book SynopsisA history of the east European ghettos, drawing on extensive personal testimonies.Table of ContentsWitnesses from the ghettos: an analysis of the sources / The construction of the ghettos / The reaction of Jews toward ghettoization / The Judenr,,te / The Jewish Police / Life in the Ghettos / Ghetto society: all equal? / Life and death / Work as salvation / Round-ups, deportations and the elimination of the ghettos / Resistance in the ghettos / Conclusion: mortality besieged / Bibliography / Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book clearly defines fascism as a complex core of ideas that exalts the nation-state or race disregards the individual and the individual''s rights employs thought control and strict regimentation disregards moral objectivity. Dr. Veith shows how fascism is shaping society, unwittingly as well as knowingly. He carefully clarifies fascism''s relation to other ideas that also mold our thinking. Most important, he skillfully and convincingly combines historical narrative, cultural criticism, and theological analysis, offering guidance and hope for those jostled and shaken by ideological crosscurrents.The author also exposes the fallacy in the criticism that belief in theological dogma inhibits an open-ended search for knowledge and truth. He convincingly demonstrates that Christian theology provides a useful framework for acquiring and for integrating knowledge and doesn''t stifle the pursuit of truth. Dr. Veith exposes, explai

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Book SynopsisMEGA-CITY ONE IS UNDER SIEGE!Mega-City One’s a powderkeg waiting to blow on its best day. There isn’t a moment when tensions aren’t running high and the city isn’t ready to crack. But there’s something new going on: block war. It’s Block Mania, and no one is immune, not even the Judges.But this is all prelude to invasion. The East-Meg One Sovs have infected Mega-City One with Block Mania to throw the city into massive, bloody turf wars. There are troops on the ground, bombs are dropping and the Big Meg is on fire. And the Judges are drawing the line.Apocalypse War Dossier tells the on-the-ground stories of the Judges of Mega-City One during the events of the epic Block Mania and Apocalyse War story arcs.

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Book SynopsisProfessor Hans Mommsen, one of the world's leading experts on the history of the Third Reich, has gathered together a group of historians who are engaged in pioneering research into national socialism. This book covers such topics as the Viennese background to Hitler's career; the development of fascist tendencies amongst the German population during the Weimar period; the nature of popular support for national socialism; the myth of the Nazi economic boom and the ideological concepts and political developments which culminated in the mass murder of European Jews. It makes accessible to a wider public controversial arguments which have resulted from recent reassessments of Hitler's movement and his Nazi regime.Trade Review'This is a superb work, one that all students of German history will cite for years to come.'Choice'[The papers'] quality is uniformly high and, read together, they offer a valuable set of reflections on the relationship between the Third Reich's visionary propoganda and its violent, destructive reality.'History 'A worthwhile study that provides an interesting glimpse into the German perspective on the rise of the Third Reich...'German Studies Review

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Book SynopsisHow far did women support Oswald Mosley's Black Shirts? This reference aims to fill a significant gap in the historiography of British fascism, which has generally overlooked the contribution of the women's movement to Britain's fascist experience. Looking at female fascist activism and the influence of feminist ideology on the fascist agenda, Gottlieb shows the significant impact of feminist thought in this area. In spite of its mainstream vocal opposition to fascism, parts of the women's movement as Gottlieb demonstrates, had an implicit connection with the British Union of Fascists.Trade Review'...it must be emphatically stated that this is both an original and important book which has major significance for both gender studies, and the history of British Fascism.' -English Historical Review 'If anyone was tempted to believe, given the plethora of works on British fascism, that there was little left to say, Julia Gottlieb's Feminine Fascism would disabuse them.' -Times Higher EducationTable of ContentsIntroduction - feminine Fascism - women in Britain's Fascist movement, 1923-45; feminized Fascism - Rotha Lintorn-Orman and the British Fascists, 1923-35; women in the British Union of Fascists - organization and forms of participation; the ideology of feminine Fascism; the legacy of the suffragettes to British Fascism; Mosley's women and Mosley's woman - the leader's sexual politics; behind bars and barbed wire - women's experiences of internment under defence regulation 18B, 1940-45; conclusion -women, Fascism and fanaticism, past and present; appendix - who's who in the history of women and Fascism in Britain.

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Book SynopsisThe runaway #1 New York Times bestseller''A ripping read. . . . The parallels to the present day are strong, even startling'' New York Times''A chilling history lesson... Vivid, urgent, smart'' Washington PostAs Hitler''s ascendancy began to make a Second World War inevitable, a clandestine network flooded the United States with disinformation aimed at sapping the strength of its war effort and persuading Americans that their natural alliance was with the Nazis.It was a sophisticated and shockingly well-funded campaign to undermine democratic institutions, promote antisemitism, and destroy citizens'' confidence in their elected leaders, with the ultimate goal of overthrowing the US government and installing authoritarian rule. Some of the country''s most influential elected officials, including senators and members of Congress, worked to disseminate Nazi talking points, while fascist paramilitaries stockpi

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Book SynopsisThe first book to unearth the Christchurch massacre’s fascist roots and examine what it represents and threatens. The massacre of more than fifty worshippers at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, shocked the world. The murders were not random. They expressed a particular ideology, one that the alleged perpetrator described as ‘fascism’. But what does fascism mean today — and what kind of threat does it pose? Jeff Sparrow traces the history of the far right, showing how fascists have adapted to the new politics of the twenty-first century. Burgeoning in dark places online, contemporary fascism exults in violence and picks its targets strategically. Today, it is Muslims; tomorrow, it will be Jews or gays or Asians. With imitative massacres already occurring around the world, Christchurch must be a wake-up call. This book makes a compelling, urgent case for a new response to an old menace.Trade Review‘This short but incisive book builds to a stirring and well-argued conclusion ... What Sparrow does so eloquently ... is overtly link fascism, historically and theoretically, with political violence.’ FOUR STARS -- Kelsey Oldham * Books + Publishing *‘With conceptual clarity and meticulous research, Jeff Sparrow has produced an indispensable guidebook to the intellectual and political sewers from which the Christchurch mass murderer emerged. Sparrow understands the role social media has played in the rebirth of fascism. He also understands that ideas matter.’ -- Robert Manne, emeritus professor of politics and vice-chancellor's fellow at La Trobe University‘This is a very good book and well worth a read.’ -- James Pierson * NB Magazine *‘Part history lesson, part detective story, part deep-dive into an online swamp, Fascists Among Us is essential reading for anyone who wants to take a stand against hate.’ -- Scott Ludlam‘Jeff Sparrow charts the ideological underpinnings of fascism with uncommon clarity, demonstrating the importance of confronting the truth rather than retreating from its horrors. Read. This. Book.’ -- Sisonke Msimang‘Lit with insight and urgency. Read it, just read it.’ -- Chloe Hooper‘This is succinct, steady writing, well-informed and organised. With the advantage of having recently completed a book on the rise of the right (Trigger Warnings), Sparrow has managed to deal with the problems associated with writing about such a sensationally awful event.’ -- Rosemary Sorensen * Daily Review *‘Sparrow’s analysis is poignant and confronting, yet avoids being voyeuristic or disrespectful.’ -- Ellen Muller * ArtsHub *‘[A]rgues that we need more information, rather than information blackouts, in response to fascist terrorism … He shows how and where fellow fascists form shadowy internet communities to foment violence against immigrants and minorities and spur dialogue on the “Optics War,” “ecofascism,” and “accelerationism” … Sparrow convincingly argues that the more we understand about the last terrorist, the better we can prevent the next one.’ * Kirkus Reviews *

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