The Cross and the Fasces: Christian Democracy and Fascism in Italy 0804700435, 9780804700436


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Table of contents :
Preface
Contents
Prologue
Part I. The First Italian Christian Democratic Movements and their Failure, 1870-1929
1 Origin and Development of the Catholic Movement in Italy, 1871-1913
2 Italian Catholicism and the Libyan War: First Contacts With the Italian Nationalist Party
3 The Catholic Alliance with Salandra, 1914-15
4 World War I and the Italian Popular Party, 1915-19
5 The Popular Party, “Short Fruit of Long Labor,” 1919-22
6 The Death of the Popular Party, 1922-27
Part II. The Revival of Christian Democracy in Italy, 1929-45
7 The Catholic Church and the Fascist Regime
8 The Clerico-Fascists and the Mediation Between the Church and the Fascist Regime
9 De Gasperi, the Exile of the Vatican
10 The Revival of Christian Democracy in Italy
11 Scattered Christian Democratic Movements
12 Father Gemelli and the Catholic University of Milan
13 Catholic Participation in the Resistance
Epilogue: The Triumph of Christian Democracy in Italy After 1945
Appendix One. Concluding Note on Christian Democratic Programs, 1899-1948
Appendix Two. The Electoral Situation of Italian Catholic Parties, 1919-48
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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T H E CROSS AND T H E FASCES

RICHARD A. WEBSTER

THE CROSS AND THE FASCES

Christian Democracy and Fascism in Italy

STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS STANFORD, CALIFORNIA

1960

STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS STANFORD, CALIFORNIA