Fascists of the World, Unite? A History of Fascist Internationalism in the 1930s

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.

About the author

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

Product details

• Authors: Martin Kristoffer Hamre
• Publisher: Oldenbourg
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 14.10.2025
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History
• EAN: 9783111468020
• ISBN: 978-3-11-146802-0
• Pages: 399
• Illustrations: 5 b/w and 3 col. ill., 2 b/w tbl.
• Dimensions (packing): 16.5 x 2.5 x 23.5 cm
• Weight (packing): 709 g
• Subjects: Terrorismus, Zwischenkriegszeit, Faschismus, Weimarer Republik, Deutschland, Italien, Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, Europäische Geschichte, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, History, Revolutionen, Aufstände, Rebellionen, Westeuropa, Revolutionäre Gruppen und Bewegungen, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, Internationalismus, auseinandersetzen, Fascism, POL010000 POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HIS037070 HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HIS014000 HISTORY / Europe / Germany, HIS010000 HISTORY / Europe / General, HIS020000 HISTORY / Europe / Italy, HIS010020 HISTORY / Europe / Western, Deutschland: Periode der Weimarer Republik (1918 bis 1933), Interwar Period, Nazi Germany, internationalism, POL058000 POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Italien: Periode nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg und Gründung der Italienischen Republik (1946 bis 1968), Bewegung (politisch), Italien: Nachkriegszeit und faschistische Periode (1918 bis 1943), Nazi Germany_x000D_