This special issue of the journal Fascism draws its inspiration from recent developments in the research areas of war studies, cultural history of the First World War, research on political culture and on (international) civil society in historical perspective. It aims to review the approaches and considerations of recent studies about World War veterans and their veterans’ organisations for selected European countries in the interwar period. The articles in this themed issue will contribute to an improved insight into the history of fascism and the backgrounds of fascist movements. This introduction will present the general direction of the themed issue and a broad outline of the dominant questions and concerns. It presents recent developments across a broad range of new approaches and perspectives on the history of the interwar period, before outlining the research area of veterans’ organisations and the general questions and problems which this themed issue will be considering.

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社论介绍：退伍军人和法西斯主义

法西斯主义杂志的这一期特刊从战争研究，第一次世界大战的文化历史，政治文化和（国际）公民社会的历史研究等领域的最新发展中汲取灵感。它旨在回顾两次世界大战期间针对某些欧洲国家的有关世界大战退伍军人及其退伍军人组织的最新研究的方法和考虑。本主题文章中的文章将有助于更好地了解法西斯主义的历史和法西斯主义运动的背景。本简介将介绍主题问题的一般方向以及主要问题和关注点的概述。它介绍了关于两次战争时期历史的各种新方法和新观点的最新发展，