{"product_id":"a-history-of-fascism-1914-1945-9780299148744","title":"A History of Fascism, 1914-1945","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA History of Fascism\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable sourcebook, offering a rare combination of detailed information and thoughtful analysis. It is a masterpiece of comparative history, for the comparisons enhance our understanding of each part of the whole. The term 'fascist, ' used so freely these days as a pejorative epithet that has nearly lost its meaning, is precisely defined, carefully applied and skillfully explained. The analysis effectively restores the dimension of evil.\"--Susan Zuccotti, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A magisterial, wholly accessible, engaging study. . . . Payne defines fascism as a form of ultranationalism espousing a myth of national rebirth and marked by extreme elitism, mobilization of the masses, exaltation of hierarchy and subordination, oppression of women and an embrace of violence and war as virtues.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStanley G. Payne is the Hilldale-Jaume Vicens Vives Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Franco Regime: 1936-1975\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFascism: Comparison and Definition\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eSpain's First Democracy: The Second Republic, 1931-1936\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by the University of Wisconsin Press.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460083814674,"sku":"9780299148744","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cc9889e6-69a3-4065-ba20-7ae197aabe80.jpg?v=1730026099","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-history-of-fascism-1914-1945-9780299148744","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}