In the turbulent years after World War I, a new type of governing philosophy known as fascism emerged in a handful of countriesï½most notably in Italy under Benito Mussolini and in Germany under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. Fascism denied that individuals had any rights the state was bound to respect. It demanded that citizens blindly obey their leader. It glorified violence. It promised to purify a degraded culture and restore the nation to greatness. Fascism led to some of the darkest episodes in human historyï½including the Holocaust and the Second World War. This book details the rise and fall of a discredited form of government.
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