Nonfiction, 3-/5
With a chapter on each of the ten pillars of fascist politics (including propaganda, anti-intellectualism, victimhood, and law and order), How Fascism Works provides insight into the interconnectedness of fascist ideology and tactics. Although many of the individual points were so easily recognisable in Stanley’s examples from around the world and across history, it was the way the elements all work together that fascinated me.