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Fascist and Anti-Fascist Propaganda in America - The Dispatches of Italian Ambassador Gelasio Caetani (Hardcover, New)
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Fascist and Anti-Fascist Propaganda in America - The Dispatches of Italian Ambassador Gelasio Caetani (Hardcover, New)
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This book is based on first-hand, original and archival documents
uncovered in Italian and American national archives. It presents to
the national and international audience of scholars and readers a
clear view of the causes of the dissemination of Fascism in the
United States from 1922 to 1930. While some sectors of America's
public opinion saw in Fascism an ideological movement which
required alignment and conformity to Mussolini's doctrine and
discipline, most Italian-Americans welcomed Fascism as a movement
that emphasized Italian patriotism and a newly found national
identity to be used as an antidote to and a defense against
American nativism, xenophobia and the paranoid stigma that
victimized the entire Italian-American community. The book
underscores that none of the activities of the Italian-American
fascist associations organized in the United States appeared to
have been politically oriented in scope. Contrary to some
interpretations, still in vogue, fascism in America never assumed
conspiratorial tones. Fascist organizations in the United States
were plagued by factionalism, internal struggles and heterogeneity.
Moreover, the presence in the United States of a strong and well
organized anti-fascist movement, The International Anti-Fascist
League of North America, prevented Fascism from developing into a
network of efficient propaganda throughout the United States. Beset
by internal factionalism, personal feuds, ambassadorial and
consular conflicts and frequent clashes with anti-fascist
movements, fascism in the United States never emerged as a
political ideology capable of creating an alternative to American
Democracy. This study details how in December 1929,
Mussolinidisbanded the Fascist League of North America. Thereafter,
the period 1930-1940 saw a constant decline of Mussolini's myth in
the United States. The visit of G.E. Modigliani to the United
States, the anti-fascist opposition of L. Antonini and S. Romualdi
and the Ethiopian War, among others, gave the decisive blow to the
faltering fortunes of fascist propaganda in the United States.
Italy's aggression against Ethiopia spurred a strong anti-fascist
reaction in the United States, especially among the African
American community. Therefore, Mussolini's fascism was viewed as an
evil to prevent at any cost. Fascist and Anti-Fascist Propaganda in
America will be a critical addition for collections in History and
Political Science.
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