Newman, John Paul
(2017)
War Veterans, Fascism, and Para-Fascist Departures
in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 1918–1941.
Fascism: Journal of comparative Fascist Studies, 6 (1).
pp. 42-74.
ISSN 2211-6257
Abstract
This article discusses the role played by war veterans in the various fascist and parafascist
groups present in Yugoslavia in the interwar period. The article finds that significant
numbers of veterans and the nationalist associations to which they belonged
contributed to proposed or actual departures from the democratic norm in interwar
Yugoslavia, and were especially supportive of King Aleksandar Karadjordjevic’s dictatorship
of 1929–1934. In this respect, they could be termed ‘para-fascist’. The article
also notes that whilst the two groups typically identified in the literature as ‘fascist’,
the Croatian Ustashe and Serbian/Yugoslav Zbor, fit into the ‘second-wave’ of 1930s fascist
forces not usually marked by a strong presence of First World War veterans, their
membership and ideological organisation were nevertheless significantly influenced
by both the traditions of the war and the men who fought in it.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Yugoslavia; fascism; Ustashe; Zbor; Aleksandar Karadjordjevic; orjuna;
National Defence; Chetniks; veterans; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Arts & Humanities > History |
| Item ID: |
11507 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1163/22116257-00601003 |
| Depositing User: |
John Paul Newman
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| Date Deposited: |
29 Oct 2019 17:11 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Fascism: Journal of comparative Fascist Studies |
| Publisher: |
Brill |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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