A History of Fascism, 1914-1945

“A History of Fascism 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, The Nation

“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.”—Publishers Weekly

• From Fascism to Populism in History
• The New Faces of Fascism: Populism and the Far Right
• The Nazi State and German Society: A Brief History With Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture)
• Fascist Modernities (Studies on the History of Society and Culture)
• The Fascism Reader (Routledge Readers in History)
• Fascism: Comparison and Definition
• The Anatomy of Fascism
• Nazism and German Society, 1933-1945 (Rewriting Histories)
• Holy Legionary Youth: Fascist Activism in Interwar Romania
• The Origins of Totalitarianism