Talk:Fascism/suggested readings

Below are some suggestions, which are also valid for related articles on fascist regimes and countries' histories. I understand that this is a brief encyclopedic article on fascism, not a detailed series on comparative history of fascist regimes and their origins. But I decided to go with a long list to increase the likelihood that many users will be familiar with at least one of them. In addition, no one needs to read a single text here. It's possible to do a search for anyone of them, find a short academic article or two, and cite the most influential arguments and theses. Citing an online article briefly summing up the analysis of an influential scholar (e.g., Moore), is better than tired old debates, such as whether fascism and socialism are opposites, or whether there was anything intrinsically socialist in the 1919 manifesto (which was one of the debates on the talk page). - 172 12:12, 27 Nov 2003 (UTC)

The article does a good job when it comes to mentioning important characteristics, but doesn't go beyond the surface level. It's actually a good start, and it does well with pointing out general similarities between right-wing movements. But it needs to be more engaged in the social structures and historical processes that help give rise to fascism, and how fascism fit in, and reacted to broad developments of the troubled interwar era.