"The best scholarly description of European Fascism available."--American Historical Review "Professor Carsten surveys the major and minor European fascist groups which flourished between the world wars, including such movements as were active in Romania, Austria, Hungary, Finland, Britain, and Belgium. In doing so, he has produced a useful, if brief, addition to the growing number of studies on this subject."--The Historian "A short, responsible survey of how fascism came to power in Italy and Germany, with some valuable comparative data on fascist movements in other European countries."--Foreign Affairs "The core of this factual, but extremely readable book consists of an account of Italian fascism up to 1929 and Nazism up to 1934."--International Review of Social History "To date, this is the best study on the origins of fascism . . . . "--Library Journal
The Rise of Fascism, Second edition
About the Book
Table of Contents
Preface
I Nationalism and Anti-Semitism before 1914
France
Italy
Germany
Austria and Bohemia
Russia
2 The Italian Example
The War and its Aftermath
Radicalism in the Ascendant
The Fascists Gain the Upper Hand
The March on Rome
Towards Full Power
The One-Party State
International Echoes
3 National Socialism: the Formative Years
The First National Socialist Party
Germany after the World War
The German Workers' Party at Munich
Hitler and the National Socialists
Rival Groups and Leaders
1923, the Decisive Year
The November Putsch
Mein Kampf
4 National Socialism: the Road to Power
Years of Reorganization
The Gathering Storm
The Crisis
Semi-Dictatorial Government
The Seizure of Power
Gleichschaltung
5 Varieties of Fascism in Eastern Europe
Finland: from Anti-Bolshevism to Fascism
Revisionism and Anti-Semitism: the Hungarian
National Socialists
Anti-Semitism and Anti-Communism: the Iron Guard
6 Varieties of Fascism in Western Europe
Spain: from National Syndicalism to the Palange
Flanders: from Nationalism to Fascism
The Rexist Movement: from Militant Catholicism to Fascism
The British Union of Fascists
The Austrian Heimwehr
7 The Fascist Movements
8 Neofascism
Bibliography
Major Studies of Fascism in English since 1967
Index