Fascismo e/o fascismi. L'interpretazione di A.J. Gregor

This essay takes into consideration the texts published and unpublished in Italy by A. J. Gregor. It aims to offer an overview of his thought, by focusing on the particular interpretations he provided about the Ventennio and on his ideas regarding the international influence of some typical fascist themes, which, according to him, have remained very present until today, despite controversies and local peculiarities. In Gregor's view, the regime represented the paradigm of a "development dictatorship" based on an industrialization and modernization that characterized various post-war experiences, from Africa to Asia. In this sense, Gregor's texts leave us a heritage open to criticism as well as to ideas to combine history, social sciences and international relations within a multidisciplinary vision of the twentieth century.