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26 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read
This is an important point. Enzo Traverso wrote a book called "Fire and Blood" in which he argues that WWII is best understood as a civil war (not just because it takes place inside a system that had at times been understood as an integrated system of states or even a ) Image
civilization) but because it was a war in which both sides understood the other as illegitimate, normal rules did not apply because various powers are not competing within an integrated Westphalian order, they have fundamentally different ideas of what that order should be, what
their culture is , what their morality is. Traverso frames the entire period between 1914 to1945 as a extended civil war,a total and an absolute war between the forces of modernity and transcendence, with the forces of modernity ultimately succeeding.
This partially explains abnormal amount of war crimes on both sides and intensity of fighting (eastern front in WWII is probably the best example of this)

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It depends on the specific book/academic you are talking about. In the case of Nazis, it has alot to do with that. There was more of an openness to asses the Italian fascists accurately. But Arendts work and the work of Adorno and others completely enveloped initial studies of
Nazism. It has changed in recent years though. Although, off top of my head, I cant think of any studies that demonstrate an openess to look at Nazism outside paradigm of totalitarianism.

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23 Jan
I genuinely resent both Marxian/Dem-Soc as well Nat-Soc/ fascist ideologues who twist history to bolster their ideological bs. I would be willing to bet a lot of money that no serious professional historian of fascism currently working would actually be willing to sign on to this
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