The Stillbirth of the Nationalist International

Twentieth-century fascism was an international movement. Its champions in Germany, Italy, France, Britain, and elsewhere shared its central tenets, albeit sometimes awkwardly: the elevation of a particular segment of the native population over others; the corresponding war on minority and individual rights and the liberal political order that protected them; racism, antisemitism, xenophobia, authoritarianism, disdain for empiricism, the mobilization of violent, uniformed (and where necessary,...