Roger Griffin edited an excellent anthology of primary and secondary sources on fascism, "Fascism, " Oxford University Press, 1995. The full range of theories presented from the unorthodox marxist acct. of Thalheimer and M-L dreck from the GDR, to conservatives like W. Gurian. The contemporary marxist debate in David Beetham, "Marxists in the Face of Fascism."
Payne, Stanley. A History of Fascism 1914-45. University of Wisconsin Press. 1996.
· Mosse, George L. The Fascist Revolution: Towards a General Theory of Fascism. H. Fertig, 1999. (see chapter on Mosse in Paul Buhle, ed., History and the New Left: Madison, Wisconsin, 1950-1970 Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1990. Ironically, Michael Ledeen studied under Mosse.)
· Sternhell, Ze'ev. "Fascist Ideology," in: W. Laqueur (ed.). Fascism: A Reader's Guide. Penguin, 1979; 1st edition, 1976. Extract available in: Griffin, Roger. International Fascism: Theories, Causes, and the New Consensus. Arnold, 1998.
· Eatwell, Roger. Fascism: A History. Viking Penguin, 1997.
· Lee, Martin. The Beast Reawaken: Fascism's Resurgence from Hitler's Spymasters to Today's Neo-Nazi Groups and Right-Wing Extremists. Routledge, 1999.
-- Michael Pugliese