Reviews for Fascism and big business

The average rating for Fascism and big business based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-08-28 00:00:00 Bruce Haggar This is not a light read by any means, but it is one of only two works about fascism that I have read that makes sense. Guerin (French, as the name suggests, though since this is primarily a theoretical work, that doesn't come into it) believes the cause is an economic one. This makes infinitely more sense than the armchair speculations about mass insanity and group think that I found predominated in the European history department where I was once an undergraduate (though not University of Washington, my alma mater). The text is not accessible enough for high school or English language learners. In fact, since it was originally written in French, some readers may prefer to read it in that language. I can't, but maybe you can. Get out your highlighter and prepare to give it your full attention, then see what you think.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-09-24 00:00:00 Nuno Silva This book is definitely not a light read, but in an age where right-wing populism is on the rise in the shape of Trumps and Le Pens, this book provides an excellent and detailed overview of the underlying material history of fascism. How Mussolini and Hitler went from newspaper editor and rejected paint artist to rulers of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. The book closely examins how they were able to get financial backing, to overcome the existing socialist organizations, to construct an ideology which allowed them to obtain a mass base, how they came to power and cemented the dictatorship, and finally their economic policies once they were in power. Full of lessons to learn and extremely well sourced, this book is a recommended in this time.