Fascism for Beginners

Did fascism end with the allied victory over the Axis powers in 1945, or has it been lying dormant and is now re-awakening in the late 20th century? Fascism for Beginners traces the origins of Fascism in 19th-century traditions of ultra-conservatism - the ideas of Nietzsche, Wagner and other intellectuals which helped to make racist doctrines respectable and led to the ultimate horrifying "logic" of the holocaust. The book investigates the four types of fascism that emerged after World War I in Italy, Germany, Spain and Japan. It also looks beyond the current headlines of neo-Nazi hooliganism and examines the increasing political success of the far right in Western Europe and the explosion of ultra-nationalism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union