Defending A. James Gregor—Omitting History—Whitewashing Fascism: a Rejoinder to Phillip W. Gray and Antonio Messina

Author: Phillip Becher

Affiliation: Independent Scholar

Nuova rivista storica 2025, 109(3), 885-908 https://doi.org/10.1400/302941

Received 08 December 2025; Published 13 February 2026

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Abstract

Questo contributo risponde all’articolo «Fascism: The View from the Left. A Response to Phillip Becher» di Phillip W. Gray e Antonio Messina. Il contributo valuta i gravi problemi storiografici presenti nelle opere di A. James Gregor, in difesa del quale Gray e Messina hanno scritto il loro articolo, nonché i difetti presenti nello stesso articolo.

 

This contribution replies to «Fascism: The View from the Left. A Response to Phillip Becher» by Phillip W. Gray and Antonio Messina. The contribution assesses the grave historiographical problems within the works of A. James Gregor in whose defence Gray and Messina penned their article as well as the faults within said article itself.

 

Keywords

Anti-Colonialism; Apologia, Fascism; Historical Revisionism; History of Ideas; Political Violence; Scholarship

 

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APA Style

Becher, P. (2025). Defending A. James Gregor—Omitting History—Whitewashing Fascism: a Rejoinder to Phillip W. Gray and Antonio Messina. Nuova rivista storica, 109(3), 885–908. https://doi.org/10.1400/302941

Vancouver Style

Becher P. Defending A. James Gregor—Omitting History—Whitewashing Fascism: a Rejoinder to Phillip W. Gray and Antonio Messina. Nuova Riv. Stor. 2025;109(3):885–908. doi:10.1400/302941

IEEE Style

P. Becher, “Defending A. James Gregor—Omitting History—Whitewashing Fascism: a Rejoinder to Phillip W. Gray and Antonio Messina,” Nuova Riv. Stor., vol. 109, no. 3, pp. 885–908, 2025, doi: 10.1400/302941.