Discussion for Wednesday, October 23

  • How did radical right-wing ideology respond to the needs of some East Europeans in the 1930s? What kinds of people were attracted to it?
  • What were the differences among the "conservative-authoritarian" regimes in Poland and Hungary, the "royal dictatorships" in the Balkans, and Fascist-type movements?
  • What explanation does Berend offer for the lurch to the right in Eastern Europe in the 1930s? Do Deak and Livezeanu offer alternative explanations for it?
  • Why did opposition to the system in interwar Eastern Europe come from the radical right and not the radical left?