The Nature of FascismThe Nature of Fascism draws on the history of ideas as well as on political, social and psychological theory to produce a synthesis of ideas and approaches that will be invaluable for students. |
Contents
A New Ideal Type of Generic Fascism | 26 |
Italian Fascism | 56 |
German Fascism | 85 |
Abortive Fascist Movements in Interwar Europe | 116 |
NonEuropean and Postwar Fascisms | 146 |
The Psychohistorical Bases of Generic Fascism | 182 |
Sociopolitical Determinants of Fascisms Success | 208 |
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Page 235 - Because we have exterminated a bacterium we do not want, in the end, to be infected by the bacterium and die of it. I will not see so much as a small area of sepsis appear here or gain a hold. Wherever it may form, we will cauterize it. Altogether however, we can say that we have fulfilled this most difficult duty for the love of our people. And our spirit, our soul, our character has not suffered injury from it.
Page 235 - A number of SS men — there are not very many of them — have fallen short, and they will die, without mercy. We had the moral right, we had the duty to our people, to destroy this people which wanted to destroy us.