Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book
Author Zander, Patrick G., author.

Title The rise of fascism : history, documents, and key questions / Patrick G. Zander
Published Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, [2016]
©2016

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xxxiii, 222 pages)
Series Crossroads in world history
Crossroads in world history.
Contents Cover page; Halftitle page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Alphabetical List of Entries; Topical List of Entries; How to Use This Book; Preface; Timeline; Historical Overview (1919-1945); Fascism: A to Z; Primary Documents; "The Futurist Manifesto" Written by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti; Clarification Speech Benito Mussolini; "Fascism: Doctrine and Institutions" Written by Benito Mussolini and Giovanni Gentile; The Twenty-Six-Point Program of the Falange Espanola; The Greater Britain Written by Sir Oswald Mosley, Leader of the British Union of Fascists
Program of the National Socialist German Workers' Party Closing Speech from the Trial of Adolf Hitler; The "Enabling Law "; The "Nuremburg Laws" Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor Passed September 15, 1935; The "Hossbach Memorandum" Notes Taken by Colonel Friedrich Hossbach at a Meeting of the Nazi High Command; The Pact of Friendship and Alliance Between Italy and Germany or the "Pact of Steel"; Memorandum Written by Colonel-General Johannes Blaskowitz, Commander of the Ober-Ost Military Region, Poland; Notes from the Wannsee Conference
Testimony of Rudolf Hoess at the Nuremburg Trials ; Key Questions; Question 1: Was Fascism Primarily a Modernizing, Revolutionary Movement, or Did It Represent a Violent Reaction Against the Process of Modernization and Revolutionary Change?; Question 2: Were Racism and Anti-Semitism an Essential Part of Fascist Ideology or Were Such Priorities Restricted to a Few Particular Cases?; Question 3: Was Fascist Ideology Based upon Military Conquest and Expansion, or Did Fascists Equally Advocate Withdrawal and National Insulation?; Selected Annotated Bibliography; Index
Summary This book is a valuable resource for understanding the character, development, and consequences of fascist dictatorships, analyzing the rise of fascism in Austria, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Spain from 1919 through 1945
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-214) and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 23, 2018)
Subject Fascism -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Fascism & Totalitarianism.
HISTORY -- Modern -- 21st Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
Fascism
Faschismus
Totalitarismus
Ideologie
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781610698009
1610698002