Nationalism and Terror : : Ante Pavelić and Ustasha Terrorism from Fascism to the Cold War / / Giorgio Cingolani, Pino Adriano.

• VerfasserIn: Adriano, Pino,; Cingolani, Giorgio,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (474 p.)

This book covers the full story of the Ustasha, a fascist movement in Croatia, from its historic roots to its downfall. The authors address key questions: In what international context did Ustasha terrorism grow and develop? How did this movement rise to power, and then exterminate hundreds of thousands of innocents? Who was Ante Pavelić, its leader? Was he a shrewd politician, able to exploit for his independent project Mussolini's imperial ambitions, Hitler's pan-German aims, and the anti-Bolshevism of the Holy See and the Western bloc? Or was he, consciously or not, a pawn in other hands, in a complex international scenario where Croatia was only arena among many? And after the movement's collapse, how were several of the most prominent Ustasha leaders able to evade capture by Tito’s victorious army? The book places the appearance of the Ustasha movement not only in the context of the interwar Kingdom of Yugoslavia but also in the wider perspective of the emergence of European fascism.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Part 1. The Ustasha Movement from its Origins to 1941 -- Chapter 1. Origins -- Chapter 2. The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes and Italy -- Chapter 3. Under the Duce’s Wing -- Chapter 4. The Regicide -- Chapter 5. From Turin to Zagreb -- Part 2. The Ustasha in Power, 1941–45 -- Chapter 1. The Independent State of Croatia -- Chapter 2. The Massacres of Serbs, Jews, and Romani -- Chapter 3. Survival Problems for the Independent State -- Chapter 4. Crisis and the End of the Croatian State -- Part 3. The Ustasha and the Cold War, 1945–59 -- Chapter 1. War Criminals on the Run -- Chapter 2. Camps and Monasteries: the Ustasha Return to Italy -- Chapter 3. The Anticommunist Crusade -- Chapter 4. Toward the New World -- Chapter 5. The Ustasha in Argentina -- Epilogue. The Question of the Ustasha between Yugoslavia and the Vatican, 1952–72 -- Bibliography -- Index -- Pictures