The Lure of Fascism in Western Europe: German Nazis, Dutch and French Fascists 1933–1939. By Dietrich Orlow. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 2009. Pp. xiv + 260. Cloth $90.00. ISBN 0-230-60865-5.

摘要

A much neglected aspect of the history of generic fascism is the ideological andnorganizational interaction between the various national fascisms. As DietrichnOrlow points out, despite the fact that fascists in interwar Europe were hyperna-ntionalists, they still viewed themselves as part of a rapidly emerging internationalnphenomenon. During the 1930s it seemed as if fascism was in the vanguard ofnhistory, especially following Hitler’s seizure of power which triggered bothnenvy and intense fascination among indigenous fascists in neighboring countries.nLater, when Germany set about establishing its Nazi empire, the contradictions ofnsuch fascist internationalism would soon emerge. For the moment, however,nindigenous fascists looked upon the Third Reich as a source of cooperationnrather than subjugation.