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The Machine Has a Soul - American Sympathy with Italian Fascism (Hardcover)
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The Machine Has a Soul - American Sympathy with Italian Fascism (Hardcover)
Series: America in the World
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A historical look at the American fascination with Italian fascism
during the interwar period In the interwar years, the United States
grappled with economic volatility, and Americans expressed
anxieties about a decline in moral values, the erosion of families
and communities, and the decay of democracy. These issues prompted
a profound ambivalence toward modernity, leading some individuals
to turn to Italian fascism as a possible solution for the problems
facing the country. The Machine Has a Soul delves into why
Americans of all stripes sympathized with Italian fascism, and
shows that fascism’s appeal rested in the image of Mussolini’s
regime as “the machine which will run and has a soul”—a
seemingly efficient and technologically advanced system that upheld
tradition, religion, and family. Katy Hull focuses on four
prominent American sympathizers: Richard Washburn Child, a
conservative diplomat and Republican operative; Anne O’Hare
McCormick, a distinguished New York Times journalist; Generoso
Pope, an Italian-American publisher and Democratic political
broker; and Herbert Wallace Schneider, a Columbia University
professor of moral philosophy. In fascism’s violent squads they
saw youthful glamour and impeccable manners, in the megalomaniacal
Mussolini they perceived someone both current and old-fashioned,
and in the corporate state they witnessed a politics that could
revive addled minds. They argued that with the right course of
action, the United States could use fascism to take the best from
modernity while withstanding its harmful effects. Investigating the
motivations of American fascist sympathizers, The Machine Has a
Soul offers provocative lessons about authoritarianism’s appeal
during times of intense cultural, social, and economic strain.
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