[.ca] Fascism (ISBN 0521598729)

Less than you'd get from the History Channel:
_Fascism_ is more a history of various fascist movements than an explanation of what Fascism actually was, and at 100+ pages, it's not a very extensive history. Beginning with an chapter on why there is disagreement on the nature of Fascism, Thurlow proceeds to give paragraph-long descriptions of some major theories on it. He seems to lean towards Fascism as a "stillborn revolution" whenever he discusses the fascist aspects of of Italy and Germany, but this is the least satisfying theory of them all. Thurlow does not distinguish between Fascism in theory and Fascism in practice, and thus has a great deal of difficulty saying anything about it. This book seems written in order to round out the series, rather than to actually be used by anyone who knows enough about Fascism to be interested in it.