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Paul Gottfried's is far and away the best book on fascism I've read in many years. --Michael Ledeen, Claremont Review of Books Gottfried's study is particular, nuanced, and multifaceted . . . a model for the type of work that can earn the right a hearing from more attentive audiences. --The American Conservative For historians, [Fascism] offers clear and provocative insights and arguments, and the very detailed notes are especially helpful. . . . Recommended. --CHOICE Fascism is a meticulously researched primer on the true history of one of the world's worst ideologies. Upon finishing the book, readers will emerge with a firmer understanding of history, philosophy, and the ways in which words shape culture and reality. --Jay Lehr, The Heartland Institute Gottfried brings vast erudition and interpretive nuance to the subject of fascism. This book is a significant contribution to the fields of political thought and European history. --Jeff Taylor, Dordt College Fascism is a book of remarkable scholarship and sensitivity regarding some exceedingly complex ideas. Gottfried's navigation of the ins and outs of the interwar ideological quarrels in Italy and France is especially masterful. --Robert Weissberg, emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Paul Gottfried's is far and away the best book on fascism I've read in many years. -Michael Ledeen, Claremont Review of Books Gottfried's study is particular, nuanced, and multifaceted... a model for the type of work that can earn the right a hearing from more attentive audiences. -The American Conservative For historians, [Fascism] offers clear and provocative insights and arguments, and the very detailed notes are especially helpful.... Recommended. -CHOICE Fascism is a meticulously researched primer on the true history of one of the world's worst ideologies. Upon finishing the book, readers will emerge with a firmer understanding of history, philosophy, and the ways in which words shape culture and reality. -Jay Lehr, The Heartland Institute Gottfried brings vast erudition and interpretive nuance to the subject of fascism. This book is a significant contribution to the fields of political thought and European history. -Jeff Taylor, Dordt College Fascism is a book of remarkable scholarship and sensitivity regarding some exceedingly complex ideas. Gottfried's navigation of the ins and outs of the interwar ideological quarrels in Italy and France is especially masterful. -Robert Weissberg, emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

For historians, [Fascism] offers clear and provocative insights and arguments, and the very detailed notes are especially helpful.... Recommended. * Choice * Books warning of 'the new fascism' have become a cottage industry among academics. But at least one author, Dr. Paul E. Gottfried, professor emeritus of humanities at Elizabethtown College and editor of Chronicles magazine, takes a more historically informed view. * Quillette * Gottfried's Fascism: The Career of a Concept is so valuable as a provocation, for it was written to correct the sloppy use of the epithet 'fascist' to condemn whatever politician or movement one finds distasteful. * Rhetoric Society Quarterly * Paul Gottfried's is far and away the best book on fascism I've read in many years. * Claremont Review of Books * Gottfried's study is particular, nuanced, and multifaceted... a model for the type of work that can earn the right a hearing from more attentive audiences. * The American Conservative *

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Paul E. Gottfried is the retired Horace Raffensperger Professor of Humanities at Elizabethtown College and a Guggenheim recipient. He is the author of numerous books, including The Search for Historical Meaning and, most recently, Leo Strauss and the Conservative Movement in America.

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