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Fascists of the World, Unite?

A History of Fascist Internationalism in the 1930s
  • Martin Kristoffer Hamre
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2025
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This book analyzes the ideas and forms of international cooperation between Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and fascist movements from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Ireland, and Britain. The study examines how fascists attempted to unite across borders by forming international organizations and networks, hosting conferences and exhibitions, disseminating multilingual publications, and exchanging propaganda. Their transnational cooperation was fuelled by shared ideas of ultranationalism, anti-liberalism, anti-communism, antisemitism, racism, white supremacism, and Europeanism. The book argues that fascist internationalism, marked by contradictions, limitations, and an Italo-German rivalry, emerged in the 1930s as a counter-reaction to liberal and communist internationalism. The epilogue discusses reverberations in the Second World War and the postwar period and outlines the relevance of this history for understanding contemporary forms of far-right internationalism.

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Martin Kristoffer Hamre, Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

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    List of Abbreviations

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    Introduction: Rethinking Fascist Internationalism in the 1930s

    1
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  • Part I: Fascist Internationalism Emanating from Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany
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    Chapter 1 “To Each Country Its Own Fascism”: The International Centre of Fascist Studies and Universal Fascism

    33
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    Chapter 2 “Towards the Fascist International”: The Action Committees for the Universality of Rome and the Montreux Front

    51
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    Chapter 3 “Nationalists of the World, Unite”: The Nationalist International and Volk Nationalism

    104
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    Chapter 4 “The Antisemitic International”: The World-Service and Antisemitism

    140
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  • Part II: Fascist Internationalism and Fascist Movements from Northwestern Europe
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    Chapter 5 “Hitler’s Foreign Apostles”: The Fascist Predicament between Nationalism and Internationalism

    165
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    Chapter 6 “Swastika against Swastika”? Expansionist and Imperialist Limitations of Fascist Internationalism

    195
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    Chapter 7 “The Fascist Era”: Constructions, Narratives, and Myths of Fascist Internationalism

    226
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    Chapter 8 “A Strong Medium of Propaganda”: Cooperation and Circulation of Knowledge on Fascist Internationalism

    246
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    Chapter 9 “A Clash between Good and Evil”: Fascist Solidarity during the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939

    266
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    Chapter 10 “The United Fascist States of Europe”: Visions of International, European, and Regional Cooperation

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    Conclusion: The Malleability and Polyvocality of Fascist Internationalism in the 1930s

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  • Part III: Reverberations of Fascist Internationalism from the Second World War to the Present Day
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    Epilogue: The Past and Present of Fascist Internationalism

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    Acknowledgments

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    Bibliography

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    Index

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eBook published on:
August 14, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9783111469799
Hardcover published on:
August 14, 2025
Hardcover ISBN:
9783111468020
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Front matter:
8
Main content:
399
Illustrations:
5
Coloured Illustrations:
3
Tables:
2
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111469799
eBook ISBN: 9783111469799
Hardcover ISBN: 9783111468020
Keywords for this book
fascism; internationalism; Interwar period; Nazi Germany_x000D_
Audience(s) for this book
Forschende mit den Schwerpunkten Faschismusforschung und Rechtsextremismus
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