Ruth Ben-Ghiat
American historian of fascism and authoritarian leaders; professor of history and Italian studies at New York University; author of Strongmen (2020); publishes the newsletter Lucid.
Family Lexicon by Natalia Ginzburg
Family Lexicon, which is more like a novelized memoir, is a valuable testimony of how private life unfolded during Fascist Italy.
on fivebooks.com · 1 Jun 2019 · Report
Fascist Spectacle by Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi
Fascist Spectacle is a valuable book from a sociologist who is quite theoretical but also very, very attentive to how policies play out in daily life and to the connection between rhetoric and action.
on fivebooks.com · 1 Jun 2019 · Report
The Anatomy of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton
The Anatomy of Fascism has great strengths.
on fivebooks.com · 1 Jun 2019 · Report
The Origins of Nazi Violence by Enzo Traverso & Janet Lloyd
The Origins of Nazi Violence is a wonderful book that identifies the roots of the Nazi killing machine.
on fivebooks.com · 1 Jun 2019 · Report
The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
Your readers may be familiar with The Origins of Totalitarianism and her historical genealogies of the main components of Nazism, which begin with the imperial mindset and imperial methods of repression during the colonial period.
on fivebooks.com · 1 Jun 2019 · Report
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