Fascist and Liberal Visions of War Fuller,

In this ground-breaking study, Dr Azar Gat investigates the fascist background behind the ideas of the leading theorists of mechanized war in the first half of this century. He re-evaluates the contribution of B.Liddell Hart, presenting him as the pioneer of the modern western liberal way in warfare, a man who developed the theory of the tactical 'cold war' in the decade before nuclear weapons became a military reality.

PART I. FASCIST MODERNISM AND VISIONARIES OF MACHINE WARFARE

1

(124)

Introduction: The `Janus Face' of Fascism

3

(10)

J. F. C. Fuller: Positivism, Evolution, Fascism, and Future Warfare

13

(30)

Futurism, Proto-Fascist Italian Culture, and the Sources of Douhetism

43

(37)

German Right-Wing Radicalism, Strategic Adventurism, and Mechanized Warfare

80

(24)

Comparisons and Contrasts (I): American Populism, Progressivism, and Mid-West Technological Modernism

104

(10)

Comparisons and Contrasts (II): Marxism, Modernism, and the Doctrine of `Deep Battle'

114

(8)

Conclusion

122

(3)

PART II. LIDDELL HART, MODERN, AND `POST-MODERN' STRATEGY

125

(186)

Introduction

127

(3)

Background: The First World War in Western Consciousness

130

(16)

Theory: Limited War, Moderate Peace, and the Strategy of Indirect Approach

146

(32)

Policy: Defence of the West (I): Containment in the 1930s

178

(88)

Policy: Defence of the West (II): Hot War---Cold War

266

(40)

Conclusion: `The Western Way in Warfare', Past and Future

306

(5)

Bibliography

311

(19)

Index

330

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