Dimensions
163 x 244 x 32mm
What is fascism? How can we define and comprehend it? Is it a political philosophy, a political movement, a way of life? What makes states and nations become fascist?
Fascism was the major political innovation of the twentieth century and the source of much of its pain. This authoritative book, by one of America's most distinguished historians, shows that we cannot begin to understand fascism by attempting to define it in the abstract, but must look at it in action - at what it did, as much as what it said it was about.
Paxton's book distils a vast amount of scholarship from the past forty years and offers its own, highly convincing, account of the phenomenon. It is groundbreaking book, and will have a lasting impact on our understanding of twentieth century history.
