Fascism remains a topic that fascinates both academic and general audiences. This is the first book to look systematically at the leaders of fascism and related movements in the inter-war era.

Preface, Antonio Costa Pinto Introduction: New Styles of Dictatorship and Leadership in inter-war Europe, Roger Eatwell Part 1: Approaching Charisma Chapter 1: The Concept and Theory of Charismatic Leadership, Roger Eatwell Chapter 2: Hitler, Charisma and Structure: Reflections on Historical Methodology, Michel Dobry Part 2: The Leaders Chapter 3: Mussolini as the Prototypical Charismatic Dictator, Emilio Gentile Chapter 4: The Model of Charismatic Leadership and its Applicability to the Rule of Adolf Hitler, M. Rainer Lepsius Chapter 5: Franco, the Spanish Falange and the Institutionalization of Mission, Stanley G. Payne Chapter 6: 'Chaos' and 'Order': Preto, Salazar and Charismatic Appeal in Interwar Portugal, António Costa Pinto Chapter 7: Charisma and Hybrid Legitimacy in Pétain's État français (1940-44), Marc Olivier Baruch Chapter 8: Ante Pavelic, Charisma and National Mission in Wartime Croatia, Ivo Goldstein Chapter 9: Charisma from Below? the Quisling Case in Norway, Stein Larsen Chapter 10: Codreanu, Romanian National Traditions and Charisma, Stephen Fischer-Galati Conclusion, António Costa Pinto and Stein Larsen Index