Summary of Madeleine Albright's Fascism

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 I was born in Czechoslovakia in 1939. When I was eleven, my family escaped to the United States, where I became a typical American teenager. I ditched my European accent, read stacks of comic books, and glued my ear to a transistor radio.
#2 I was a professor of Eastern Europe, and in 1989 I watched as the decade-long demands of dockworkers and the inspiration of a pope born in Wadowice brought democratic governance to Poland. In October, Hungary became a democratic republic, and in early November the Berlin Wall was breached.
#3 Trump’s presidency has severely damaged American democracy, and he has done so by attacking the very institutions that make up democracy. He has degraded political discourse in the United States, shown an utter disregard for facts, and libeled his predecessors.
#4 Trump’s goal of putting America first is not the issue. The issue is his conception of how America’s interests are best advanced, which is grounded in his life experience of seeing every country as intent on dominating every other.

Sujets

• Modern
• Histoire
• Modern history
• 21st Century
• History
• Obermodern-Zutzendorf

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 16 juin 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822534162
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Madeleine Albright's Fascism
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was born in Czechoslovakia in 1939. When I was eleven, my family escaped to the United States, where I became a typical American teenager. I ditched my European accent, read stacks of comic books, and glued my ear to a transistor radio.

#2

I was a professor of Eastern Europe, and in 1989 I watched as the decade-long demands of dockworkers and the inspiration of a pope born in Wadowice brought democratic governance to Poland. In October, Hungary became a democratic republic, and in early November the Berlin Wall was breached.

#3

Trump’s presidency has severely damaged American democracy, and he has done so by attacking the very institutions that make up democracy. He has degraded political discourse in the United States, shown an utter disregard for facts, and libeled his predecessors.

#4

Trump’s goal of putting America first is not the issue. The issue is his conception of how America’s interests are best advanced, which is grounded in his life experience of seeing every country as intent on dominating every other.

#5

There are no fully agreed upon or satisfactory definitions of Fascism, as it is a term that is extremely subjective. However, academic writers have spilled oceans of ink in the attempt to define it.

#6

Fascist leaders are often charismatic, and they use this to draw followers in. They use the universal human desire to be a part of a meaningful quest to secure the future of their movement.

#7

What is a Fascist. It is an extreme form of authoritarian rule. It is linked to rabid nationalism, and it turns the traditional social contract upside down. Instead of citizens giving power to the state in exchange for their rights, power begins with the leader and the people have no rights.

#8

Fascism came into existence in the twentieth century, a time of intellectual liveliness and resurgent nationalism coupled with widespread disappointment at the failure of representative parliaments to keep pace with a technology-driven Industrial Revolution.

#9

After the war, many governments that had been liberal began to face explosive social tensions that seemed to demand more repressive policies. In the East, Soviet ideologues were claiming to speak for workers everywhere, while in Europe’s center, Germany struggled to regain its footing.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Benito Mussolini was a man of destiny who was groomed for greatness from a young age. He was not an original thinker, but he was a gifted actor who could play a role. He knew the value of the popular touch and usually succeeded in eliciting whoops of approval from his audience.

#2

In 1915, Italy entered World War I on the side of England and France. Mussolini was conscripted by the army and served honorably for seventeen months while writing weekly dispatches for his newspaper. He was promoted to corporal, then almost killed when a howitzer exploded during a training exercise.

#3

The Italian economy was hurt by the strikes and violence, and it took a toll on the monarchy as well. Parliament was seen as a corrupt bazaar where favors were traded.

#4

The Fascists grew in popularity in Italy because they offered an alternative to the socialists and the capitalists who were exploiting the country. They were a way to bring glory back to Italy, and they were extremely brutal in their methods.

#5

Mussolini’s course was marked by zigs and zags. He took money from big corporations and banks, but he spoke the language of veterans and workers. He tried several times to patch relations with the Socialists, only to discover that they didn’t trust him and the more extreme Fascists were furious at the attempt.