thestandingmenace 's review for:

Fascism: A Very Short Introduction by Kevin Passmore

3.5

challenging informative slow-paced

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This book presents a lot of information and introduces plenty of concepts, but it's quite hard to follow and feel like you're actually getting a grasp of the material. It seems like the author went ahead and omitted most transition phrases, summary/cumulative sections, etc. in interest of saving space and keeping the page count low. That being said, it did at the end leave me with what I was looking for, which is to say a framework to interpret modern discussion and accusations of fascism. It also seems like it would serve plenty well in it's stated goal as an introduction, if I were inclined to pick some of the topics/sections and look for other materials to explore them further.