`Author:` Robert Paxton `Availability:` > [!info] > ## Key Takeaways ## Summary [Penguin](https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/54710/the-anatomy-of-[fascism]-by-robert-o-paxton/9780141014326) [[Fascism]] was the major political invention of the twentieth century and the source of much of its pain. How can we try to comprehend its allure and its horror? Is it a [[Philosophy]], a movement, an aesthetic experience? What makes [[Statism]] and nations become fascist? Acclaimed historian Robert O. Paxton shows that in order to understand fascism we must look at it in action - at what it did, as much as what it said it was about. He explores its falsehoods and common threads; the social and political base that allowed it to prosper; its leaders and internal struggles; how it manifested itself differently in each country - France, Britain, the low countries, Eastern [[Europe]], even Latin America as well as Italy and Germany; how fascists viewed [[The Holocaust]]; and, finally, whether fascism is still possible in today's world. Offering a bold new interpretation of the fascist phenomenon, this groundbreaking book will overturn our understanding of twentieth-century [[History]]. ## Quotes - ## Notes `Concepts:` [[Concepts/Knowledge Base/Politics|Politics]] `Knowledge Base:` [[Books index]]