In this volume a number of international experts on individual variants of fascism explore the link between a particular totalitarian movement or regime and the concrete historical phenomena it produced.

1. Introduction Roger Griffin 2. On Fascism Emilio Gentile 3. Nazism and the Revival of Political Religion Theory Richard Steigmann-Gall 4. The British Union of Fascists as a Totalitarian Movement Tom Linehan 5. The Blend of Secularism and Religion in the Romanian Iron Guard Radu Ioanid 6. The Upward Path: Palingenesis, political religion and America's national alliance Martin Durham 7. Christian Identity: The apocalyptic style, political religion, palingenesis, and neofascism Chip Berlet 8. Afterthoughts Martin Blinkhorn