Opening book details…
Can I read Totalitarianism : the inner history of the Cold War on EtoBox?
Totalitarianism : the inner history of the Cold War by Abbott Gleason is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Totalitarianism : the inner history of the Cold War about?
<p><P><b>Totalitarianism</b> offers a penetrating chronicle of the central concept of our era—an era shaped by our conflict first with fascism and then with communism. Interweaving the story of intellectual debates with the international history of the twentieth century, Gleason traces the birth of the term to Italy in the first years of Mussolini's rule. Created by Mussolini's enemies, the word was appropriated by the Fascists themselves to describe their program in what turned out to be one of the less totalitarian of the European dictatorships. He follows the growth and expansion of the concept as it was picked up in the West and applied to Hitler's Germany and the Soviet Union. Gleason's account takes us through the debates of the early postwar years, as academics in turn adopted the term—most notably Hannah Arendt. The idea of totalitarianism came to possess novelists such as Arthur Koestler (<b>Darkness at Noon</b>) and George Orwell (whose <b>Nineteen Eighty-Four</b> was interpreted by conservatives as an attack on socialism in general, and subsequently suffered criticism from left-leaning critics). The concept entered the public consciousness still more fully with
Who reads Totalitarianism : the inner history of the Cold War?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Abbott Gleason
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780195050189
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Political Science, Social Science, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.55 / 5 (17 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14