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The Coming of Austrian Fascism (Hardcover)
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The Coming of Austrian Fascism (Hardcover)
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In February 1934 fighting broke out in Linz between government
forces and the Social Democratic Party. Within hours Vienna was up
in arms and the fighting soon spread to other parts of Austria. A
few days later the party was destroyed and Austria seemed to many
observers to have joined the ranks of fascist states. The violence
of the fighting, particularly the shelling of the vast workers'
housing complex, the Karl-Marx-Hof, and the summary execution of a
number of leading figures in the fighting horrified the civilised
world. This book, first published in 1980, looks at the importance
of Austrian social democracy as one of the pillars of European
Marxism and shows how it became a victim of the spread of fascism.
The radical right and the peculiarities of Austrian varieties of
fascism are given particular attention, and Dollfuss's own brand of
fascistic state is analysed in terms of classic forms of fascism.
Particular emphasis is placed on the economic and social problems
of the Austrian Republic which led to a deepening of the political
crisis and also to the foreign political ramifications of the
problem. Although Dollfuss appeared to be determinedly anti-Nazi it
was he who finally gave the order to destroy the Social Democratic
Party little realising he was destroying himself. Thus, this study
illustrates how socialism was strengthened rather than weakened by
the fighting in February, and Austrian fascism far from halting
German fascism, paved the way for its final triumph.
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