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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. This book 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.

Fascism --- World War, 1939-1945. --- World politics. --- Colonialism --- Global politics --- International politics --- Political history --- Political science --- World history --- Eastern question --- Geopolitics --- International organization --- International relations --- European War, 1939-1945 --- Second World War, 1939-1945 --- World War 2, 1939-1945 --- World War II, 1939-1945 --- World War Two, 1939-1945 --- WW II (World War, 1939-1945) --- WWII (World War, 1939-1945) --- History, Modern --- Anne O'Hare McCormick. --- Columbia University. --- Fascist Modernities. --- Fascist youth programs. --- Generoso Pope. --- Herbert Schneider. --- Italy. --- John Diggins. --- Jonah Goldberg. --- Liberal Fascism. --- Modernism and Fascism. --- Mussolini and Fascism. --- Mussolini. --- Nazi Germany. --- New York Times. --- Richard Washburn Child. --- Roger Griffin. --- Ruth Ben-Ghiat. --- Victorian ideals. --- authoritarianism. --- corporate state. --- fascist militarism. --- fascist squadrism. --- fascist state. --- great depression. --- il Duce. --- invasion of Ethiopia. --- materialism. --- modernism. --- modernity. --- moral philosophy. --- nihilism. --- propaganda. --- squadrism. --- squadrist violence. --- sympathizers. --- transnational. --- 1939-1945 --- United States.