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“Comparison of the fascist regime in Italy with the National Socialist regime of Germany is almost inevitable. The similarities are obvious, but there is one point of difference which is worth mentioning.” Comment.

  • UPSC 1991
  • Revolution and Counter-Revolution

Italian Fascism and German National Socialism emerged from a shared interwar climate of defeated or dishonoured nationalism, economic collapse, and fear of Bolshevism, and it is this common parentage that makes comparison "almost inevitable."

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  • The Obvious Similarities
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