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Discuss how Fascism was a response to the post-war situation arising out of political instability, thwarted nationalist hopes and fears of the spread of communism?

  • UPSC 2022
  • Revolution and Counter-Revolution

Fascism emerged not from abstract ideology but as a concrete answer to three converging crises of the First World War's aftermath — a fractured political order, betrayed national ambition, and the spectre of Bolshevik revolution.

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  • Political Instability
  • Thwarted Nationalist Hopes
  • Fear of the Spread of Communism
  • The Convergence: How Fascism Fused the Three Strands

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