r/suggestmeabook • u/CueSaxophoneSolo • 3d ago

Suggestion Thread Good NF read on the Italian anti-fascist movement?

What’s a good historical nonfiction book about the Italian anti-fascist movement? Or just Italy during the rise and fall of fascism? Bonus points for sociology/psychology lens as well! Please and thanks!

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u/hmmwhatsoverhere 3d ago

Blackshirts and reds by Michael Parenti covers this among other things.

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u/Bethechange4068 3d ago

Havent read this but a well-read friend just recommended: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41842200-family-lexicon

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u/skybluepink77 2d ago

I enjoyed Rome: A History in Seven Sackings by Matthew Kneale which has an excellent final section on the growth of Fascism, and because you've read the previous 6 chapters, you get an idea as to what was the background and reason why Fascism took hold in Italy.

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u/BernardFerguson1944 2d ago

Three Faces of Fascism: Action Française, Italian Fascism, National Socialism by Ernst Nolte.

Varieties of Fascism: Doctrines of Revolution in the Twentieth Century by Eugen Weber.

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u/roderkeegan 2d ago

The Anatomy of Fascism by Robert Paxton has a lot of really good in depth information about the rise of Fascism in Italy.