1st Edition

Fascists and Conservatives The Radical Right and the Establishment in Twentieth-Century Europe

By Martin Blinkhorn Copyright 1990

    What has between the `radical' and the `conservative' right in twentieth-century Europe? In Fascists and Conservatives thirteen distinguished authorities on the European right explore this major theme within Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, France, Britain, Austria, Romania, Greece adn the Nordic countries.

    1 Introduction: Allies, rivals, or antagonists? Fascists and conservatives in modern Europe, 2 Italian fascism: radical politics and conservative goals, 3 Conservative Catholics and Italian fascism: the Clerico-Fascists, 4 Conservatives and radical nationalists in Germany: the production of fascist potentials, 1912–28, 5 German Conservatives and the Third Reich: an ambiguous relationship, 6 Conservatives and fascists in Austria, 1918–34, 7 Conservatism, traditionalism and fascism in Spain, 1898–1937, 8 Populism and parasitism: the Falange and the Spanish establishment, 1939–75, 9 Conservatism, dictatorship and fascism in Portugal, 1914–45, 10 The conservative right and the far right in France: the search for power, 1934–44, 11 Conservatism, authoritarianism and fascism in Greece, 1915–45, 12 Fascists and conservatives in Romania: two generations of nationalists, 13 Conservatives and fascists in the Nordic countries: Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland, 1918–45, 14 Conservatism and the failure of fascism in interwar Britain, List of contributors, Index

    Biography

    Martin Blinkhorn

    ` ... this book is a thorough, reliable and fascinating account of a major phenomenon that affected the whole of Europe.' - Times Higher Education Supplement