Abstract
ABSTRACTBecause fascism embodied a missionary creed, it exemplifies the ideology-driven cooperation and diffusion among autocratic regimes that the Introduction to this special issue discussed. The messianic promise that forceful charismatic leadership sustained by fervent mass support would guarantee domestic order and restore national grandeur was attractive to innumerable citizens, important political elites, and even to prominent intellectuals across the globe. Consequently, fascism exuded strong, wide-ranging contagion and demonstration effects. Moreover, Mussolini and Hitler actively promoted the new credo and sought support for their expansionary tendencies.
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