ABSTRACT
Unfortunately it has also been necessary to omit, for the most part, references to the artistic background of fascism. This is in itself a topic worthy of a major study. Most readers are aware of the contribution of Wagner to an exotic and exaggerated Teutonic romantic nationalism. The reader may, of course, judge this matter for himself by comparing the account of fascism in this work with any standard text on government and politics in the Soviet Union. The method used in this work is an examination of the background to fascist theory and a short analysis of those regimes, past and contemporary, which are generally believed to have had or to have ‘fascist’ characteristics. Photography, both as an art form and as an adjunct to political use, reached new heights under the fascist regimes.
