Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany Comparisons and Contrasts [Paperback]

A collection of essays comparing key aspects of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.This collaborative volume explores the parallels and contrasts between the two regimes. Its ten essays examine the rise of the Fascist and Nazi movements; the relation of the regimes to workers, women, and war; and how the regimes may be viewed in a long-term perspective.This collaborative volume explores the parallels and contrasts between the two regimes. Its ten essays examine the rise of the Fascist and Nazi movements; the relation of the regimes to workers, women, and war; and how the regimes may be viewed in a long-term perspective.Can Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany be compared? This collaborative volume explores the parallels and contrasts between the two regimes. Its ten essays examine the rise of the Fascist and Nazi movements; the relation of the regimes to workers, women, and war; and how the regimes may be viewed in a long-term perspective. The essays take stock of recent research, advance fresh theories about the histories of Nazism and Fascism, and provide a basis for informed comparison of two regimes central to twentieth-century history.Introduction: Italy, Germany and fascism Richard Bessel; 1. The 'crisis of bourgeois society' and the origins of fascism Adrian Lyttelton; 2. The crisis of bourgeois society in interwar Germany Bernd Weisbrod; 3. Italian workers and Italian fascism Tobias Abse; 4. Whatever was the attitude of German workers? Reflections on recent interpretations Tilla Siegel; 5. Women in fascist Italy Perry R. Willson; 6. 'The value of marriage for the Volksgemeinschaft': policies towards women and marriage under National Socialism Gabriele Czarowski; 7. Expansionist zeal, fighting power, and staying power in the Italian and German dictatorships MacGregor Knox; 8. Restorative elites, German society and the Nazi pursuit of war Michael Geyer; 9. From fascism to 'post-fascists': Italian roads to modernity Carl Levy; 10. National Socialism and modernisation Marlãá