UW Press - : A History of Fascism, 1914-1945, Stanley G. Payne (original) (raw)

A History of Fascism, 1914–1945 Stanley G. Payne�Likely to be the definitive study of its subject for a considerable time.� —New York Times Book Review �A History of Fascism is an invaluable sourcebook, offering a rare combination of detailed information and thoughtful analysis. It is a masterpiece of comparative history, for the comparisons enhance our understanding of each part of the whole. The term �fascist,� used so freely these days as a pejorative epithet that has nearly lost its meaning, is precisely defined, carefully applied and skillfully explained. The analysis effectively restores the dimension of evil.� —Susan Zuccotti, The Nation �A magisterial, wholly accessible, engaging study. . . . Payne defines fascism as a form of ultranationalism espousing a myth of national rebirth and marked by extreme elitism, mobilization of the masses, exaltation of hierarchy and subordination, oppression of women and an embrace of violence and war as virtues.�—Publishers Weekly Stanley G. Payne is the Hilldale–Jaume Vicens Vives Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His many books include Fascism: Comparison and Definition, Spain’s First Democracy: The Second Republic, 1931–1936, The Franco Regime: 1936–1975, Fascism in Spain, 1923–1977, and Spanish Catholicism, all published by the University of Wisconsin Press. Media & bookseller inquiries regarding review copies, events, and interviews can be directed to the publicity department at publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu or (608) 263-0734. (If you want to examine a book for possible course use, please see our Course Books page. If you want to examine a book for possible rights licensing, please see Rights & Permissions.)

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