| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 106.5

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Comparative/World

A. James Gregor. Phoenix: Fascism in Our Time. Foreword by Alessandro Campi. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction. 1999. Pp. xiv, 204. $32.95.

With this book, A. James Gregor revisits fascism after some twenty years of silence in print. From the late 1960s to the late 1970s, Gregor wrote profusely and controversially on the subject, making the case that fascism, rather than Marxism-Leninism, was the truly revolutionary doctrine of the twentieth century, that it was the true model for Third World dictatorships demanding liberation from foreign dominance and wealth redistribution, while appealing simultaneously to patriotic sentiments and national pride. The ideology of fascism, still according to Gregor, was a compelling and coherent synthesis of ideas generated by some of the most creative thinkers of our time. The key figure, whose political savvy transformed these ideas into a viable political program, was Benito Mussolini, who understood their relevance for a country like Italy when the fascists came to power in 1922. The country was struggling to overcome its economic backwardness and poor image, hampered by domestic problems and the hostility of greater powers. In other words, according to Gregor, Italy in 1922 faced the problems that all international underdogs face and was therefore an apt model for emerging countries. . . .

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