'Fascism: A Warning' review: 'An addictive and widely informative read for anyone with a thirst for 20th century history'
Politics: Fascism: A Warning, Madeleine Albright, Harper Collins, €13.99
The word fascist is so widely misused in the lexicon of modern political ideals that it has come to represent - for both left and right - a loaded histrionic label used predominately for the purpose of identity politics.
Given the implications actual fascism can have on society, we ought to de-construct the term with rigorous analysis. Fascism: A Warning attempts to do just that. In the opening pages of a fascinating part biography, part history, part candid political memoir, former US Secretary of State and US ambassador to the UN Madeleine Albright asks a series of fundamental questions.
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