TY - BOOK AU - Mann,Michael TI - Fascists SN - 0521831318 (hardback) AV - D726.5 .M34 2004 U1 - 335.6/094/0904 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Fascism KW - Europe KW - History KW - Radicalism KW - 20th century KW - Nationalism KW - Paramilitary forces KW - State, The N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-416) and index; 1. A sociology of fascism -- 2. Explaining the rise of interwar authoritarianism and fascism -- 3. Italy: Pristine fascists -- 4. Nazis -- 5. German sympathizers: voters and complicit elites -- 6. Austro-Fascists, Austrian Nazis -- 7. The Hungarian family of Authoritarians -- 8. The Romanian family of Authoritarians -- 9. The Spanish family of Authoritarians -- 10. Conclusion: fascists, dead and alive N2 - Publisher description: Focusing on the six countries in which fascism became most dominant (Italy, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania and Spain), this study analyzes the beliefs and actions of people who became fascists in an attempt to view fascism through its own eyes. The result is an original depiction of fascism as "violent, transcendent nation-statism", and a unique perspective differing from other previous theories of fascism UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam041/2003063966.html ER -