Three Faces Of Fascism: Action Francaise, Italian Fascism, National Socialism

(from the back) Charles Maurras, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler. Three different men, in three different countries. One was a narrowly religious, fiercely reactionary journalist. One a former Marxist converted to a doctrine of personal power and national glory. One a failed artist and ex-Army corporal with grandiose visions and a flair for public speaking. At other times, all would have been considered harmless cranks. But in a France split by the Dreyfus Case and then bled white by war...in an Italy cheated out of the spoils of a costly victory and rife with social unrest...in a Germany shamed by defeat and shattered by Depression...each of these men gave voice to the vast discontent and desire for radical solutions that seemed destined to plunge Europe into a new Dark Age. This book is the story of that tragic era. "The most important attempt to fuse philosophical and historical thought since Hannah Arendt's _Origins of Totalitarianism_...a magnificently thoughtful, deeply original analysis of a central facet of our historical experience." -Fritz Stern, Columbia University Three Faces Of FASCISM Contents Author’s Preface to the English Translation Translator’s Acknowledgment Fascism as Characteristic of an Era Fascism in Europe (1919-1945) Methods and Objective of Study The Disparate Roots History Practice as Consequence The Doctrine History The Fixed Doctrine The Irksome Precursors Practice as Premise National Socialism and Fascism The Background: The Race Doctrine History Practice as Fulfillment The Doctrine in Context Notes Selected Reading List General Action Française Italian Fascism National Socialism