The rise of Italian fascism, 1918-1922
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The rise of Italian fascism, 1918-1922
（Routledge library editions, . Responding to fascism ; v. 6）
Routledge, 2010, c1938
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La naissance du fascisme, l'Italie de 1918 à 1922
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Translation of: La naissance du fascisme, l'Italie de 1918 à 1922
First published in English: London : Methuen, 1938
Includes bibliographical references and index
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The rise of fascism in Europe ultimately plunged the world into war and brought about the horrors of the holocaust, yet these outcomes were far from apparent to many observers in the 1930's. This collection of contemporary and near contemporary works represents some of the diversity of response as the English speaking world struggled to come to terms with the political upheaval. It includes a wide range of works, including translations from French, Italian and German.
The authors are similarly diverse and range from activists through academics to apologists.In Enter Mussolini and The Rise of Italian Fascism leading anti-fascist writers Emilio Lussu and Angelo Tasca (writing under the pseudonym 'Amilcare Rossi') chart the establishment of a fascist state in Italy and offer telling insights into the nature and future of fascism. Both Lussu and Tasca were active in their opposition, and for many others the response to fascism involved taking up arms, typified by the thousands of volunteered to fight against Franco in Spain. In The Spanish Tragedy, Dutch writer Jef Last's recounts his experience, which ends in disillusionment with Stalin and the Soviet Union.Other works demonstrate a more basic need for information.
Hitler's Official Programme is a translation of official Nazi documents, which a contemporary review describes as 'a declaration of war by barbarism on civilization'. However it should never be forgotten that the views of many others were more equivocal. In Norman Hillson's I Speak of England the author offers a sympathetic description of a journey through Germany, highlighting the success of economic reconstruction under Hitler.
Issues of race are not ignored but are not seen as central, a view which is challenged by the works of the two exiled German Jews, Heinrich Fraenkel and G. Warburg, included in this collection.A characteristic of the fascist regimes was the extent to which ideology penetrated aspects of everyday life. German Literature through Nazi Eyes and Higher Education in Nazi Germany examine the impact of the Nazis on culture and education. Straight On includes an account of Red Cross work in Belsen and Auschwitz, perhaps the most moving and tragic of the many responses to fascism.
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Table of Contents
1. Hitler's Official Programme 2. A History of National Socialism 3. The Nazi Dictatorship 4. Enter Mussolini 5. I Speak of Germany 6. The Rise of Italian Fascism 7. The Spanish Tragedy 8. Six Years of Hitler 9. The German People Versus Hitler 10. German Literature Through Nazi Eyes 11.Higher Education in Nazi Germany 12. Straight On
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The rise of Italian fascism is often seen as a pre-condition, as well as a precursor of, later developments in Europe most notably in Germany. As such they were also much discussed in the English speaking world throughout the 1930's. First published in English in 1938 this book gives an account of Italian history in the years immediately following the first world war, culminating in the triumph of Mussolini. Arguing that Mussolini succeeded because he was much more ruthless than his opponents, he concludes that this is something that must be learnt from: 'in point of material and military strength we must be superior to the fascists since that is the ground on which they are trying to force a decision.'
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Table of Contents
Preface - Herman Finer 1. Italy's Intervention in the War and Her Internal Crisis 2. The Democratic Revolution of 1919 3. Mussolini and Fascism of the 'First Hour' 4. Revolution Crosses the Adriatic 5. Nitti, Giolitti, Don Sturzo 6. The Rise and Fall of Maximalism 7. The 'Posthumous and Preventive' Counter-Revolution 8. The Internal Crisis of Fascism 9. The Caporetto of Socialism 10. The March on Rome Epilogue Appendix Index
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